Aylin Nazlıaka on Thursday handcuffed herself to the parliament rostrum during the presidential constitution amendment package debates

Independent lawmaker Aylin Nazlıaka on Thursday handcuffed herself to parliament's rostrum to protest the constitutional changes package that would give Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's office executive powers.

During the two hours protest group of women legislators from Erdoğan's ruling party attacked Nazlıaka to end her protest, while counterparts from the opposition pro-Kurdish HDP and main opposition CHP parties surrounded the rostrum to support her.

Aylin Nazlıaka walked to the parliament's rostrum, addressed the fascist MHP seats, and asked them to vote no. In the meantime, however, Nazlıaka handcuffed herself to the parliament rostrum. "I am chaining myself to the rostrum to say no to the diktat of one man, to oppose the annulment of republican values and protest against parliament being handcuffed with this constitutional revision," she said.

MPs from the opposition pro-Kurdish HDP and main opposition CHP sprang to her defence while AKP deputies tried to remove her.

Şafak Pavey, a disabled legislator from the main opposition party, said she was pushed to the ground by ruling party deputy Gökçen Özdoğan Enç while a colleague was "dragged by her hair." Pavey, who has a prosthetic arm and leg, was thrown to the floor before being helped out by her colleagues. Pavey was hospitalized.

Pervin Buldan, a deputy speaker from the pro-Kurdish HDP, was hospitalized after reportedly being kicked in the chest.

The presidential changes would enable President Erdoğan to issue decrees, declare emergency rule, appoint ministers and top state officials and dissolve parliament.

Pervin Buldan, a deputy speaker from the pro-Kurdish HDP, was hospitalized after reportedly being kicked in the chest.

Şafak Pavey, a disabled legislator from the main opposition party, said she was pushed to the ground by ruling AKP deputy Gökçen Özdoğan Enç.