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Ms Sevilay ÇELENK ÖZEN (Türkiye, UEL)

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Substitute
Deputy
DEM Party

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

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024 , 2023

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Auditor: Group of the Unified European Left since 03/04/2025
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 09/10/2023 to 02/04/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 09/10/2023 Substitute - Türkiye

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

  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 07/04/2025 to 11/04/2025)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 18/03/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Ayşegül DOĞAN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Berdan ÖZTÜRK (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Ayşegül DOĞAN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 07/03/2024 to 26/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

31/01/2025 | 11:15:39 Dear colleagues, first I would like to thank the rapporteur for this excellent report. Unfortunately, No Country for Old Men is not just a movie title by the Cohen brothers. It reflects a saddening reality. Ageism is a widespread problem worldwide that affects older people in many different ways. There are valuable works that highlight the vulnerability of older people who are subject to both social prejudice and structural discrimination. For older women, the situation is even more serious... 31/01/2025 | 10:16:46 Thank you, Mister President. First, we congratulate the rapporteur and agree that a human-rights-based approach is important to address the long term impacts of Long Covid on the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of individuals. We support the establishment of multidisciplinary centres where well-trained and well-equipped healthcare professionals effectively diagnose and treat Long Covid. The recognition of Long Covid under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities... 30/01/2025 | 16:23:39 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the rapporteur for her well-prepared and insightful report. The report's focus on empowering women's entrepreneurship and promoting gender-responsive budgeting at all levels is commendable. I also greatly value its emphasis on the mindset shift necessary to improve women's economic status and the call to address this challenge. Furthermore, the report rightly highlights the Parliamentary Assembly... 29/01/2025 | 10:15:23 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, first let me express my sincere appreciation to the rapporteur. This is an excellent contribution to understanding how we can approach history and memory in a way that fosters democratic values and democratic citizenship. As we discuss this report today, I am reminded of the words of French historian Fernand BRAUDEL. He tell us that the past, like the present, is no more than an interpretation of the facts. This insight challenges us to reflect... 19/04/2024 | 10:56:02 Dear Mister President, Honourable colleagues, Thank you for this important report and thank you to the previous speakers. The technical and informative aspects of the subject are already discussed very well. I would like to focus on another aspect of the issue. It is a very valuable virtue to be able to care about the life of someone else's child without worrying about their social class, their ethnic identity or their religion, and without thinking that they are age, their smile, their face...

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