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Mr Yunus EMRE (Türkiye, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 08/10/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 08/10/2018 Representative - Türkiye

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • First Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 27/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (from 12/04/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 28/01/2025 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 27/01/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 27/01/2025 to 11/04/2025)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 09/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 09/10/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 08/10/2018 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 11/10/2018 to 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Namık TAN (Full Member): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Gökçe GÖKÇEN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 27/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Gökçe GÖKÇEN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 22/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Namık TAN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Aysu BANKOĞLU (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 09/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Selin SAYEK BÖKE (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 08/10/2018 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Zeynep YILDIZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Zeynep YILDIZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 09/10/2023 to 28/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 17:52:52 Madam President, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this important report. As put forward in the report, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has always defended a clear principle: the death penalty has no place in any system based on human dignity, the right to life and prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. That's why recent developments in Israel are deeply troubling. Last month, the Knesset adopted a new law expanding the... 20/04/2026 | 11:58:28 Dear President, Dear colleagues, I had the honour to lead the Parliamentary Assembly delegation that observed early elections to the Assembly of Kosovo on 28 December 2025. I thank my colleagues in the delegation, the authorities of Kosovo, the Council of Europe Secretariat and the Council of Europe Office in Pristina for their support. These elections took place in a difficult political context. They were the fourth elections in one year and followed a period of institutional deadlock. Our... 28/01/2026 | 11:06:20 Dear colleagues, Let me begin by thanking the rapporteur for this highly timely and much needed report. At the moment, when debates on democratic backsliding are intensifying across our continent, this report reminds us of something essential: democracy cannot be sustained by institutions alone. It must be sustained by people, and especially by young people. For decades after the Second World War, when democracy became firmly rooted in Europe, each new generation lived better than the... 02/10/2025 | 19:14:14 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, Before my speech, I would like to to note that today is the 68th birthday of Mr Osman KAVALA, who has spent the last eight years of his life in Silivri Prison as a political prisoner. I wish him happy birthday and a long and healthy life with his loved ones. Anyway, in this debate we are discussing two very important reports. The subjects of these reports embody a crucial vision in the field of human rights. Human rights are not only about the... 01/10/2025 | 13:05:38 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President, Dear colleagues, Serbia is undergoing a period of heightened political tension, characterised by widespread public discontent over corruption, perceived government mismanagement, and erosion of democratic norms. The main reasons for the recent protests include the terrible accident in Novi Sad in November 2024, when the roof of a train station collapsed, killing 16 people. Students were among the first to mobilise, demanding...

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