A Turkish MP to Erdogan: "You are the Satan who is making deals with the United States"

With a clean punch. This is how the Turkish MPs ended up on Wednesday when the military offensive in Syria launched by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was discussed in Parliament. The media accredited for the session have captured the fighting between dozens of legislators from Erdogan's president's party and the main opposition force, the People's Republican Party. 

The dispute had begun with the intervention of Egin Ozkoc, a deputy from the opposition People's Republican Party. The politician referred to Erdogan during a press conference as "dishonourable, ignorant, low and treacherous". Ozkoc has also accused the president of "sending the children of the people of Turkey to fight", while his own children have avoided military service. 

"Are you looking for Satan? You are the Satan who is making deals with the United States. You sent our soldiers to die for this", explained the Turkish opponent. A group of MPs from the Justice and Development Party accused him of "insulting the president" and began to beat him. 

Turkey's incursion into Syria has met with the disapproval of the opposition parties, which repeatedly protest Erdogan's interference in Syria and call for peace talks with the government in Damascus. The Turkish government, which has supported armed and terrorist groups since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, is now engaged in a direct war with Russian-backed forces in Damascus.

Tensions between Turkey and the Bachar al-Asad regime and Syria's ally Russia have risen following the deaths of more than 50 Turkish soldiers in the region in the last month, including the 33 who died in an attack last week, prompting Erdogan to announce a major offensive and open borders with Greece to put pressure on Europe with the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants. 

Turkey has sent thousands of troops to Syria to help the rebels prevent an offensive by the Syrian regime, which has been trying for months to regain control of the last opposition bastion. Al-Asad accuses Erdogan of using terrorists for political purposes and accuses Ankara of violating the ceasefire agreements in Idlib. 

In addition to the controversial intervention in Syria, Turkey has also had to deal with a delicate situation on the border with Greece in the last week. Thousands of refugees have headed for this point after Erdogan announced that he was opening up the borders so that the refugees could reach Europe. 

The tension at the border has resulted in the death of one migrant and the injury of five others after Greek police used tear gas, blanks and live ammunition against a group of migrants gathered in Pazarkule and Kastanies. Three migrants have suffered injuries to their feet, groin and head, according to a statement from the office of Governor Ekrem Canalp. Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas has strongly denied that any migrants were killed or injured by the Greek authorities.