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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

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

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 Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2025 to 27/01/2025)
  • 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 Sevilay ÇELENK (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Sevilay ÇELENK (Full Member): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • 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

22/04/2026 | 19:05:59 Thank you, Madam Chair. Distinguished colleagues, These resolutions call for stronger legal tools. Non-conviction based confiscation, reversing the burden of proof in unexplained wealth cases and tougher targeted sanctions, visa bans and asset freezes. These are important steps, but they are not enough, because if we are to be honest, the issue is not the tools we have, but mainly how we use them. The report before us reflects that problem. It is detailed and raises legitimate concerns... 29/01/2026 | 18:44:17 Thank you very much, Mr Chair.  On behalf of the United European Left, we strongly support the report marking the 65th anniversary of the convention and all efforts to strengthen it. As reaffirmed in the May 2023 Reykjavík Declaration, the European Social Charter is an integral part of the human rights system. Without effective social rights, full respect for human rights is impossible, and human dignity depends on social justice, equality and solidarity. Social rights are the material... 29/01/2026 | 12:18:56 Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, Recent developments in Syria, particularly in Rojava, require the urgent attention of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. What is unfolding is not only a humanitarian crisis and a regional security issue. It is a direct challenge to Europe's commitment to human rights, democratic values and the rule of law. Despite this, there is striking global indifference to the events in Syria today. The situation in Rojava represents a... 03/10/2025 | 11:18:23 Thank you very much. Thank you, Mister Chair. First, I would like to thank your rapporteurs for their hard work, especially the Secretariat as well. It's a very important topic, ensuring that members of this Assembly can travel freely is fundamental to the very purpose of our institution. Deprivation of free movement is not an abstract concept. It includes administrative, legal and judicial restrictions such as detention, house arrest, curfews, the surrender of passports and travel bans... 02/10/2025 | 16:22:22 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues,  In the parliamentary elections held in Georgia last October, international observers, including the OSCE and our own Assembly, identified serious shortcomings like the misuse of administrative resources, pressure on voters, vote buying and weak oversight. At the same time, they didn't find verifiable evidence of large-scale fraud that would overturn the outcome. For this reason, the results, though followed, were not challenged by the...

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