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Ms Sevilay ÇELENK (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 , 2024 , 2023

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

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 26/01/2026 Representative - Türkiye
  • from 09/10/2023 to 25/01/2026 Substitute - Türkiye

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

  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • 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 (from 18/03/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Ayşegül DOĞAN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 28/01/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • 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)
  • Alternate of Mr Mustafa CANBEY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 27/01/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/06/2026 | 15:49:01 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, on behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I am taking the floor on this report on women's access to justice, which we support and see as opening an important space for reflection on a number of key issues. I would like to use this opportunity to focus on how social media and new media shape women's access to justice and how justice itself is perceived and experienced. Within the scope of this report, it is of significant importance to... 23/06/2026 | 18:19:09 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, First, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this serious and very well-prepared report. As the Group of the Unified European Left, we support this report. At the same time, we would like to use the debate to highlight several urgent concerns regarding the situation in Iran and to suggest areas that need to be further strengthened. One important strength of the report is that it does not separate security issues from human rights concerns. However, for... 23/06/2026 | 11:50:10 Dear colleagues, What we are witnessing in Türkiye cannot be described as an ordinary judicial matter, as the ruling party claims. It is a judicial coup against the Republican People's Party (CHP). It's a systematic use of the courts as instruments of political power to reshape the democratic landscape and further suppress the opposition. The absence of judicial independence is demonstrated by the non-implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' judgments, the disregard of... 23/04/2026 | 17:37:46 Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Rapporteur. We really appreciate this much needed report. Artificial intelligence is not arriving: it has already arrived. And it is reshaping every domain of human life faster than our frameworks can keep pace. This brings real possibilities, but also consequences we cannot afford to ignore. In cinema, literature and journalism, a fundamental question now confronts us. What does authenticity mean when originality itself has become technically reproducible? The... 22/04/2026 | 13:10:23 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Madam President, Esteemed Colleagues, I would like to state clearly that the reports are comprehensive and honest assessments of these critically important issuees, recognising both achievements and persistent shortcomings. Thank you, dear Zita, for this exellent work. The Istanbul Convention’s core strength lies in providing a concrete policy framework while making national realities systematic, comparable, and traceable through GREVIO...

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