Turkey's parliament on Friday approved a bill

Rulig party legislators vote at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, May 20, 2016,
as Turkey's parliament vote on a government-backed constitutional amendment that would strip some legislators of immunity. The amendment targets pro-Kurdish parliamentarians and could lead them to be tried on terror charges.

A total of 376 deputies in the 550-seat assembly in Ankara voted in favor of the government-backed bill, which was enough to avoid a referendum. It now needs to be ratified by the president. The amendment was proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party after the president accused the pro-Kurdish party, People's Democratic Party, HDP, of being an arm of outlawed Kurdish rebels and repeatedly called for their prosecution on terror related charges. It puts 138 lawmakers, the vast majority of them from two opposition parties, at risk of prosecution.

Opposition Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli, centre, votes at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, May20, 2016. Turkey's parliament vote a government-backed constitutional amendment that would strip some legislators of immunity. It targets pro-Kurdish parliamentarians and could lead them to be tried on terror charges.