10/04/2025 | 11:38:09 Thank you. Dear President, dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to draw your attention to a very important but overlooked issue in relation to Georgia, namely Meskhetian Turks. Eighty-one years ago, the Meskhetian Turks, also known as the Ahiska Turks, were displaced forcibly from their homeland in south-western Georgia by the Soviet regime. In 1944, they were exiled in inhumane conditions and in 1989 further violence forced them to flee again. Today they are scattered across Russia... 30/01/2025 | 16:38:32 Thank you, Madam Chair. Esteemed colleagues, First and foremost, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my dear friend, Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK KANAT for her exceptional work in producing this comprehensive report which, following a detailed filed analysis, offers practical and well-considered solutions. In shaping both social and professional life, it's vital to bear in mind the fundamental principle that the well-being of individuals ultimately constitutes the well-being of society at... 04/10/2024 | 11:08:08 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, I will be talking about the preservation of co-existence in Europe. And the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe serves as a platform for enhancing democracy, for protecting human rights, and also for understanding how others perceive the world and how our countries are perceived by others. As we depart from here, I think it's essential that each of us leaves with this, with a sense of duty that we should have some homework to do. In addition to... 03/10/2024 | 18:28:19 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, Firstly, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mr Simon MOUTQUIN for highlighting such an important issue through his report and also his stance right next to Palestine during his membership of PACE. The classification of positive and negative rights provides a normative framework to determine the moral obligations of societies and governments regarding the right to food. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts... 01/10/2024 | 19:37:03 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, Ms Ayşenur Ezgi EYGI, a 26-year-old Turkish-American human rights defender, was deliberately targeted and murdered by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) recently in Nablus, the West Bank, during a peaceful protest against illegal Zionist settlers, just like Ms Rachel CORRIE. If such a protest had even been obstructed in any full or observer member state of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), it would have sparked discussions about the right... 01/10/2024 | 18:22:15 Dear Chair, dear colleagues, The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) faces two fundamental risks. One is being confined to continentality and the second is disregarding equal treatment among its member states. The Council of Europe was established with the aim “to achieve a greater unity between its members”, as envisioned in the founding statute of the Council. You may remember that when Karabakh was under Armenian occupation, we made numerous speeches affirming that... 18/04/2024 | 19:13:37 Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, The Council of Europe, under the umbrella of which we are, was established after the bloodiest war the world has ever seen, for the purposes of "realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms", as foreseen in Article 1 of the founding Statute. Beyond the continental reservations, acting in accordance with our founding purposes, taking an initiative for the resolution of conflicts and preserving world peace, is the only reason for functionalising this... 18/04/2024 | 16:11:46 Is it working? OK. Thank you, Madam Chair. It is crucial for the law-makers to follow current developments in order to prevent legal violations that may be caused by new technologies. Therefore, this convention is carried out at the right time and creates a perfect framework. This framework is supported by correct conceptualisations. By this way, the draft also serves as a reference text that will be accepted on a global scale and would be a very good guideline for domestic legislations... 16/04/2024 | 20:09:04 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear President, Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this comprehensive report which contributes to regional peace, and also I would like to thank the committee members who accepted this report by a large majority. Kosovo’s membership to the Council of Europe is not just a political aspiration, but a vision for a peaceful future, prosperity and stability in Kosovo, in the Balkans and also in European... 24/01/2024 | 18:12:54 Dear President, Dear colleagues, Here, in this Assembly, maybe we do not share the same ideas. Of course, we do not have identical stances on each and every issue. However, the major point that brings us together is to have a medium for dialogue. We see this place as a centre of conflict resolution, and moreover, as a medium that reinforces collaboration. Therefore, the principal motivation that distinguishes this Assembly from the European Union and other international organisations is that...