31/01/2025 | 11:18:50 Mister President. And thank you to the rapporteur for her excellent report. And dear colleagues, Ageing is a significant global trend reshaping societies around the world. By 2030, the world's population aged 65 and older is expected to outpace the younger population, and this increase is expected to be faster in developing countries. One of the most critical challenges related to demographic change is age discrimination, which is just as damaging as any other form of bias. Older individuals... 30/01/2025 | 16:55:50 Thank you, Madam President, And I would like to first say thank you to Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK KANAT for her compassionate the report. But, we would appreciate if she put efforts to advocate these ideas before her colleagues in Turkiye. Gender-responsive budgeting is a gender equality strategy, based on how public resources are collected and allocated with three phases: budget preparation, implementation, and audit. All stakeholders should be involved through these phases, and gender-disaggregated... 28/01/2025 | 17:37:55 President, I thank dear Ms Saskia KLUIT for her compassionate and timely report on humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Sadly, we have not paid enough attention as a human rights body to this tragedy. We have faced and watched unprecedented destruction, occupation and killings which are absolutely against international humanitarian law. Women and children have faced the devastation of their homes, the loss of loved ones and the crippling scarcity of essential resources, food, water, medicine and... 01/10/2024 | 16:36:39 Madam Chair, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to both rapporteurs for their comprehensive reports on the issues of missing migrants and migrant smuggling. Migrants are often forced by smugglers to travel in overcrowded and perilous conditions. Smugglers frequently guide them through risky routes, leading to tragedies where many migrants either go missing or lose their lives. As a member of parliament from Türkiye, a country profoundly impacted by this crisis, I would like to... 25/06/2024 | 17:09:22 Thank you, Madam chair, I thank Ms Petra BAYR for this Report which rightly emphasises the increased challenges and risks that women human rights defenders face with the rise of populism. I take pride in stating that these defenders in Türkiye constitute a significant opposition to the patriarchal mindset of the government. As a parliamentarian, and more importantly, as one of the thousands of women participating relentless women’s rights activism in Türkiye, I dedicate my words today to... 26/01/2024 | 11:17:45 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, I want to express my gratitude to Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ and the colleagues who contributed to the report addressing the need for comprehensive measures to recognise, address, and prevent child abuse. As our founder, Atatürk, stated, children are the assurance of our future and our joy in life. Therefore, I believe the destructive consequences of the abuse of children are not only the victims, but also on the whole of humankind. The report... 25/01/2024 | 18:55:47 Mister Chairman, Dear colleagues, January is month of sorrow in Türkiye. An investigator journalist and author Uğur Mumcu who dedicated his life to democratic and secular society, was murdered by a bomb attack, 31 years ago, on the 24th of January. Writer and journalist Hrant Dink was murdered, 17 years ago, on the 19th of January. Journalist, Metin Göktepe was murdered on January 8, 1996. We all call them as a martyr of democracy. Therefore, discussing the right of freedom of expression in...