The "Turkish Parliament" that Malcolm X refers to in chapter 18 is the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). Malcolm mentions it when he references a time he talked with a Turkish statesman named Kasem Gulek. The TBMM is comparable to the Legislative Branch in the USA, though Turkey's TBMM has only one house. (We have a house of representatives + senate.) Still, the TBMM is the only authority able to pass legislature according to the Turkish Constitution. The majority of the 600 seats in the TBMM are occupied by members of the AKP, or the conservative party of Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey
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