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Ms Aysu BANKOĞLU (Türkiye, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
CHP

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

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 23/01/2023

In the Assembly

  • since 09/10/2023 Representative - Türkiye
  • from 23/01/2023 to 08/10/2023 Substitute - Türkiye

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

  • Youth Rapporteur: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 05/12/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 09/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Yunus EMRE (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 27/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Yunus EMRE (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 09/10/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Gökçe GÖKÇEN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 09/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of ZZ… (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 20/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Murat Cahid CINGI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 27/01/2026 to 19/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Meryem GÖKA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 23/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Zeynep YILDIZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 10:53:03 President, Dear colleagues, I am here today to give a voice to millions of women who have been silenced. Their safety was traded for political manoeuvring. Turkey’s experience is not a footnote; it is a systematic alarm for the integrity of human rights across Europe. In March 2021, at midnight, a presidential decision was published. And we woke up to a unilateral and undebated presidential decision attempting a withdrawal of Türkiye from the Istanbul Convention. It is a war on human rights... 21/04/2026 | 11:51:06 Thank you, Mister Chair. Distinguished Colleagues, We stand at a crossroads where violence against politicians is no longer an isolated incident, but an alarming trend rising across many of our member states. As this report states, violence has no place in a democracy. We are witnessing a "chilling effect" undermining our representative institutions. When intimidation and dehumanizing rhetoric become the standard tools of political engagement, it is our democratic pluralism that pays the... 29/01/2026 | 10:47:00 Thank you, Madam President, Dear colleagues, The situation concerning Greenland is not a peripheral dispute nor a theoretical exercise in geopolitics. It is a clear and concrete test of the resilience of the international order and of our collective commitment to international law. Under positive international law, the United States has no title to any legitimate claim of sovereignty over Greenland. This is not a matter of political interpretation, but of settled law. As the draft resolution... 28/01/2026 | 10:25:26 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by thanking the Rapporteur for this timely report. It rightly focuses on meaningful youth participation, social inequality, and the structural barriers that prevent young people from fully engaging in democratic life. Young people across our societies are asking not for symbolic gestures, but for real influence. Participation limited to consultations or advisory panels is no longer enough. Democracy must evolve towards a... 27/01/2026 | 16:31:28 Thank you, Madam President, Dear colleagues, I thank Mr Damien COTTIER for this report, which addresses the pressure that crises exert on democratic institutions and electoral processes. This report speaks directly to the reality my country, Türkiye, is living today. In Türkiye, we are no longer debating abstract risks to democracy, we are experiencing them. Our presidential candidate, Mr Ekrem İMAMOĞLU, has been unjustly imprisoned. His university diploma was revoked to eliminate him from...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

20/04/2026 | Doc. 16384 | Motion for a resolution Empowering youth in the digital age: towards creative, democratic and competence-based approaches to online participation 25/03/2026 | Doc. 16369 | Motion for a resolution Social media platforms, women and girls: harnessing democratic potential while safeguarding fundamental rights 13/02/2026 | Doc. 16342 | Motion for a resolution Protecting lakes as natural and cultural heritage and as a strategic resource for people in the face of the triple planetary crisis 26/01/2026 | Doc. 16333 | Motion for a resolution Democratising the economy: a new frontier for democratic governance 26/01/2026 | Doc. 16331 | Motion for a resolution The convergence of extremist, autocratic and oligarchic threats to democracy in Europe

Votes on adopted texts

23/04/2026 | Doc. 16385, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for recommendation European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for resolution European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16374, vote on the draft text for resolution Copyright enforcement in the artificial intelligence environment 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16370, vote on the draft text for resolution Paving the way for a culture of consent