YENİ Party deputies and Özgür Özel left the hall when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the podium in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
Erdoğan waited for the hall to empty before starting his speech as they left. The General Assembly had convened for the opening of the legislative year under Turkish Grand National Assembly Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş.