Turkish opposition says ending parliament boycott

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Turkey’s main opposition CHP Party said its deputies would be sworn in on Monday, ending a boycott of parliament that had soured Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s call for consensus to write a new constitution.
The Republican People’s Party, or CHP, which won 135 seats in the 550-seat parliament in the June 12 election, had refused to take the oath when parliament opened on June 28.
CHP officials told Reuters that deputies would take their oath on Monday after reaching an agreement with the ruling AK Party over bans on elected candidates.