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Mr Berdan ÖZTÜRK (Türkiye, UEL)

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Representative
Deputy
DEM Party

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

Working language: English

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Bureau: Group of the Unified European Left since 09/10/2023

In the Assembly

  • since 09/10/2023 Representative - Türkiye

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 07/03/2024)
  • Alternate UEL: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 09/10/2023 to 06/03/2024)
  • 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: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 18/04/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 12/10/2023 to 06/03/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Ayşegül DOĞAN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2024 to 06/03/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Semra ÇAĞLAR GÖKALP (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 09/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

27/06/2024 | 19:41:05 Thank you very much, Madam President. Today, I will emphasise how freedom of expression is systematically restricted in Türkiye. But this is a growing problem everywhere and every instance encourages others. We have celebrated the release of Julian Assange from the UK's Belmarsh but we know that this was a result of a plea bargain and journalists risk prison sentences for revealing inconvenient truths. I could give you many other examples from Council members but I will outline one from here... 25/06/2024 | 10:34:06 Thank you very much, Mister chair. First of all, I would like to thank you, rapporteurs, for these fine Reports. It is sobering to have to acknowledge this on the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe that European democracy is in crisis. But it is also vital to understand that this is the case. As inequality increases, leaving large sections of our population struggling with everyday existence, and the world's largest wars and climate catastrophe, it is hardly surprising that people feel... 24/01/2024 | 18:36:46 Thank you, Mister Chair. First, I would like to say that we welcome this report and its eminently sensible recommendations, which should get the support of everyone with a conscience. As a citizen of one of the countries singled out for its systemic practice of torture and ill-treatment, Türkiye, I want to give an outline of what is happening in my country to show why a focus on addressing torture and ill-treatment is badly needed. I will begin with a reminder that these practices are not...

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