Ankara, Dec 6 (AP) An opposition legislator was hospitalized Tuesday following a brawl that broke out in the country's parliament during a tense debate over next year's budget.

Television footage showed dozens of lawmakers from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and from opposition parties engaged in a tussle. Some legislators threw punches at each other, while others tried to pull their fighting colleagues apart.

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At least one legislator was knocked to the ground, video images showed.

The private DHA news agency said Huseyin Ors, a lawmaker from the opposition Good Party, was punched in the face.

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A lawmaker who is a doctor by training tended to Ors, who was then taken to a hospital by ambulance, DHA reported. Ors suffers from heart problems and was placed under emergency care as a precaution.

Fighting is a frequent occurrence in Turkey's parliament. It was not immediately known what caused Tuesday's brawl, but tensions are running high ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June. (AP)

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