30/01/2025 | 17:15:26 Thank you. Dear President and colleagues, As a parliamentarian with roots in grassroots politics, advancing women’s involvement in economic life has always been deeply important to me. I would like to begin by commending my esteemed colleague, Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK KANAT, for her exceptional work on this report. Türkiye places utmost importance on empowering women and ensuring their rightful place in all aspects of life. Economic empowerment is not merely a policy choice for us, it's a... 28/01/2025 | 18:11:06 Thank you so much. Dear President and colleagues, The only crime was being born in Gaza. For 467 days, Gaza has endured unimaginable horrors. Children were torn to shreds by bombs; and journalists targeted and killed, marking the greatest massacre of media professionals in modern history. Hospitals, schools, mosques, churches obliterated. Four hundred and sixty-seven days of hunger, despair and inhumanity. And now, over 50 000 innocent lives have been killed by Israel, most of them women and... 28/01/2025 | 11:08:46 Thank you. Dear President and colleagues, It is an honour to address this Assembly on the urgent need for a renewed, equitable, and inclusive international order. From the outset, the architects of the post-World War II international order, – operated under a perception of superiority, particularly certain Western states, – positioning themselves as rule-makers, while excluding much of the world from meaningful participation. How can we build a world where peace, justice, and prosperity are... 03/10/2024 | 17:57:43 Thank you, thank you. Dear president and colleagues, this time I will be speaking German. Mister President, dear colleagues, Ensuring safe, healthy and sustainable food is not a privilege, but a fundamental human right enshrined in international law and essential for global peace. Yet millions of people around the world continue to suffer from hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity every day. This global problem requires our collective action. As many of you know, the war in Ukraine has... 01/10/2024 | 20:37:32 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President and Colleagues, PACE’s core mission is to preserve unity by providing a platform for dialogue and fostering the protection of the fundamental rights of the people within its member states, based on the principles of open dialogue and inclusivity. The exclusion of the Azerbaijani delegation prevents the deputies of a member state from participating in the activities of the Assembly, which directly undermines the democratic... 01/10/2024 | 11:32:10 Sorry. Okay. Thank you. Dear President and colleagues, Today we are facing one of the most significant challenges to democracy, the rise of disinformation and the dangers of the post-truth era. With modern technology, propaganda now has the potential to spread rapidly, infecting and influencing individuals, communities, and societies on a large scale. Propaganda is no longer just a tool for political manipulation. It has become a weapon to destabilise nations, weaken societies, and erode... 25/06/2024 | 17:15:42 Dear President and dear colleagues, The subject matter of this Report is very important, and I am glad that we are debating how to protect women human rights defenders in Europe. While I do not agree with all of the points the rapporteur has made, especially the allegations regarding Türkiye, I will try to add to this discussion. Protecting women human rights defenders is protecting and promoting women at all walks and levels of life. It was us, the AK party governments, who eradicated the... 25/06/2024 | 11:34:20 Thank you so much dear President and colleagues. Türkiye has a sophisticated political culture ensuring election security and citizen's trust and ballot box. Since 1950 our country consistently achieved one of the world's highest voter turnout rates, averaging 82%. Last May, Türkiye achieved the third highest election participation rate among OECD countries with 89% in the first round, and 86% in the second round of our presidential elections. While the right to vote is vital, it's not the... 18/04/2024 | 19:06:20 None of us have ever witnessed anything like this. War crimes are happening in real-time before our eyes. Shocking images reach us through our screens, but there is deafening silence. The world should be ashamed that there is no safe space in Gaza and that starvation is being used as a weapon of war. Today, it is the greatest open-air graveyard, not only for tens of thousands of innocent lives lost but also for many of the most fundamental principles of humanitarian law. According to... 23/01/2024 | 20:16:27 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President, Dear Colleagues, None of us have ever witnessed anything like this. War crimes are happening in real time before our eyes. What is happening in Gaza will remain a disgrace on the conscious of humanity. Shocking images reach us through our screens, every hour and every day … But there is … Deafening silence … The world should be ashamed that there is no safe space in Gaza, and that starvation is being used as a weapon of war...