Tempers flared in the Turkish parliament for the second day running as the justice commission debated a draft bill that would give the government <br />more control over the judiciary.<br /><br />Opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan say it is part of his efforts to stifle a corruption scandal that has seen three cabinet ministers quit.<br /><br />A similar fight on Saturday reflected the strength of feeling as rival MPs threw punches, water bottles and even an iPad.<br /><br />Despite the drama, Erdogan said the commission,over half of whose members are from his AK Party, had concluded the proposed reforms are legal.<br /><br />The corruption investigation has touched the inner circle of the prime minister and posed one of the biggest challenges of his 11-year rule.<br /><br />Thousands took to the streets of Ankara at the weekend to denounce the government.<br /><br />Erdogan, who has already purged the police of hundreds of officers, has cast the probe as an attempted ‘judicial coup’.
