The Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has been attacked on Tuesday in the Parliament building in Ankara of a presumed right nationalists.

The Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has been attacked on Tuesday in the Parliament building in Ankara of a presumed right nationalists (possibily AKP supporter) . The attacker had Kilicdaroglu added four punches, with the spectacles of politician was broken, reported the online edition of the newspaper “Hürriyet”. The attacker was arrested and interrogated; while the 28-year-old was referred to as a member of a right-wing nationalist group, it was reported by television and internet media.

Kilicdaroglu was on his way to the group meeting his Republican People’s Party (CHP), when the offender approached him and beat him. In his subsequent speech to the CHP Group Kilicdaroglu said he will not bow to some fisticuffs. “The road to democracy is full of obstacles,” he said. Kilicdaroglu called on his followers to rest. The ruling AKP party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attack.

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