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Ms Serap YAŞAR (Türkiye, NR)

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In the political groups

  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group since 02/04/2019
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 25/01/2016 to 01/04/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 25/01/2016 Representative - Türkiye
  • from 27/11/2015 to 25/01/2016 Substitute - Türkiye

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

  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/01/2018 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member EC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 01/04/2019)
  • Alternate EC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 10/03/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 25/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 25/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 30/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 30/01/2020 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 26/01/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 22/03/2016 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability and Inclusion (from 11/03/2016 to 23/01/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 28/01/2016 to 10/03/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Ziya ALTUNYALDIZ (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 08/10/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Cemalettin Kani TORUN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 25/11/2016 to 07/10/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Şaban DİŞLİ (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 25/01/2016 to 09/10/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Şaban DİŞLİ (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 25/01/2016 to 07/10/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Mustafa YENEROĞLU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Leyla ŞAHİN USTA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 11/03/2016 to 07/10/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

26/04/2023 | 20:01:11 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Distinguished members of the Assembly, As you are aware, on February 6, 2023, two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the southeastern region of Türkiye. To date, over 27,000 aftershocks have been recorded in the area. I must stress that this was the worst natural disaster to hit a Council of Europe member state in the last 100 years, as highlighted by Mr. Simon Moutquin’s report on natural disasters. The... 13/10/2022 | 12:22:01 Thank you, Madam and Mr President, Ladies and gentlement, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteur for this extremely important report. Since the beginning of the Russian aggression back in early February, all of us have witnessed so many new challenges affecting Europe and, indeed, the whole world: we find ourselves facing an energy crisis, a security crisis, a food crisis and many more crises. The food crisis we are now facing has had a profound impact on the whole world, in... 12/10/2022 | 11:48:40 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to emphasise that we must avoid double standards. The report we are discussing is very critical of Türkiye. On the other hand, we are witnessing legally baseless measures against Russian civilians in Europe due to the Russian attack on Ukraine which we all condemn. For example, the conductor Valery Gergiev fired by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and his concerts cancelled in Europe. Whatever the circumstances, we are... 11/10/2022 | 20:33:54 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President, Dear Colleagues, I would like to start thanking the rapporteur for his excellent contribution to the debate on the freedom of movement. Sadly, Schengen system, which was initially designed to flourish freedom of movement, has now started to erect barriers to the third country nationals because it was instrumentalised by some EU member States as a politically motivated sanction. Especially, we see the ramifications of some... 23/06/2022 | 16:04:49 Thank you, Miste President. Dear Colleagues, I am pleased that the Assembly has immediately placed this crucial issue of asylum on its agenda. In April, the British authorities announced that illegally arrived migrants would be relocated to Rwanda, claiming that relocation would facilitate safe and legal asylum channels and that Rwanda is able to accommodate tens of thousands of people. We believe that this practice contradicts the right to asylum. There is a serious risk that the principle...

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