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Ms Zeynep YILDIZ (Türkiye, NR)

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Representative
Deputy
AK Party

Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (TBMM)
TR - 06543 - ANKARA
Türkiye

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group since 01/07/2019
  • Member: Free Democrats Group from 08/10/2018 to 30/06/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 09/10/2023 Representative - Türkiye
  • from 08/10/2018 to 08/10/2023 Substitute - Türkiye

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

  • Youth Rapporteur: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 16/03/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 09/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 09/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 12/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 09/10/2023 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Murat Cahid CINGI (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 20/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (from 09/12/2025 to 19/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK KANAT (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 09/10/2023 to 08/12/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Mehmet Mehdi EKER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 24/01/2022 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2019 to 14/09/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 30/09/2019 to 14/09/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/01/2022 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/04/2026 | 12:16:01 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, We are gathered here today once again to address the harrowing developments in the Middle East and the fundamental necessity of respecting international law. For decades, we have denounced Israel’s inhumane policies. Let us be absolutely clear: the international community’s failure to check Israel's long-standing impunity has paved the way for genocide. As it has failed to employ the necessary mechanisms to prevent the genocide in Gaza, Israeli... 28/01/2026 | 17:36:01 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, I would like to express once again my disappointment that our Assembly is holding a current affairs debate once again on Gaza, instead of a debate under urgent procedure. Since the announcement of the ceasefire, violence has not ended. A night free from bombardment, a morning spared from fear, a seat in a classroom and a home over their heads. This is the modest hope Gazan children hold for this year. Dear colleagues, as Mr Alija IZETBEGOVIĆ wisely said... 02/10/2025 | 12:32:37 Dear President, Dear colleagues, With its relentless violations, Israel continues to defy the international law, international humanitarian law and the global human rights framework with unprecedented audacity. It is 77 years since the Nakba. Just three days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the killing of Mohammed AL-DURRAH in the arms of his father. It has been 22 years since Rachel CORRIE was tragically crushed by Israeli bulldozers, and 15 years since Furkan DOĞAN was murdered in... 25/06/2025 | 17:29:56 Thank you. For 628 days, Israel has caused a collective trauma, not only for Palestinians, but for all humanity, through its genocidal crime perpetrated against the people of Gaza, carried out with insane cruelty. From the outset, we warned that if international institutions fail to act, Israel's violation of international humanitarian law will endanger the entire world. Today, we see with deep sorrow that this warning has tragically come true. This course is filled with lessons humanity must... 10/04/2025 | 16:02:54 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, this institution was born from the rubble of the Second World War and with the shame of the Holocaust, to say never may it happen again. Yet Europe, still burdened by the Holocaust and the genocide in Bosnia, now risks failing to stop another one. In the very beginning, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's (UNRWA) former spokesperson, Mr Chris GUNNESS, described the situation in Gaza as a genocide being...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

05/05/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 24/02/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 09/02/2026 | Doc. 16306 | Written declaration The detention of Marwan Barghouti by Israel 16/12/2025 | Doc. 16306 | Written declaration The detention of Marwan Barghouti by Israel 10/07/2025 | Doc. 16225 | Written declaration Amnesty law in Kazakhstan marking 30 years of the Constitution

Votes on adopted texts

29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16317, vote on the draft text for resolution Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16273, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent call to put an end to the devastating humanitarian catastrophe and the killing of journalists in Gaza 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16210, vote on the draft text for resolution Global peace under threat: halting the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and addressing the wider conflict in the Middle East 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16150, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law