Activities of Evin INCIR related to 2021/2250(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2021 Report on Turkey (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Constitutional Court has in the past banned six pro-Kurdish political parties;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes, howethat over, that there has been a slight improvement over the past year in overall EU-e past year EU- Turkey relations have not improved; notes that Turkey relations, which have on average remained stable, as enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflictsith several Member States, in particular with Greece and Cyprus have remained challenging with a rise in tensions in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, undermining regional stability and security; expresses its hope that this pattern of ‘conflictual cooperation’ can be overcome and replaced with a more positive dynamic;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that the allocation of EU funds is conditional on the respect for the rule of law, democratic values, human rights, European and international law; due to Turkey's backsliding in all these areas, reiterates its position that all the funds allocated under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) and relevant programmes of the NDICI - Global Europe instrument to be directly managed by the EU in order to support Turkey's civil society, human rights defenders and journalists, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue and media platforms for journalists with the objective of protecting and promoting democratic values and principles, human rights and the rule of law and that no actions organised by the Turkish state should get financed by the EU budget as long as the situation does not significantly improve;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Regrets that the Treasury has appealed favourable decisions for the restitution of properties according to the Law on Foundations and most of the appeals against rejected claims are still pending either before local courts or at ECHR; notes with concern the hate speech and crimes against minorities, as well as the acts of vandalisms and the destruction of minority worship places and cemeteries; urges the Turkish authorities to effectively prosecute the offenders and to properly protect all religious minorities; regrets that a new electoral regulation for non-Muslim foundations, following its annulment in 2013, is still to be published, which has created serious problems to proper administration of these foundations, as no elections can take place; notes that despite a ruling from an administrative court to overrule the decision to annul the electoral regulation, the Ankara Regional Court of Appeals ruled that it is up to the Council of State to decide;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its strong condemnation of Turkey’s withdrawal, by presidential decree, from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention); reminds that this is in strong violation of fundamental European values and will be a part of the evaluation for Turkey’s accession process;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its serious concern about the disproportionate and arbitrary measures curtailing freedom of expression; condemns the systematic use of terrorist offences to silence journalists, media and opposition; welcomes the further decrease in the number of journalists in prison in Turkey;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the sustained pressure on civil society and human rights defenders and the continuously shrinking space to operate freely in Turkey; denounces the intimidation, harassment and violence exerted against human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, academics, doctors who have provided assistance to the victims of torture, and other activists, especially those in the Kurdish and pro- Kurdish community, and the arbitrary closure of civil society organisations, including prominent human rights non- governmental organisations and media; strongly condemns the use of terrorism and defamation charges to harass human rights defenders, and to violate their right to assembly;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Condemns the oppression of ethnic and religious minorities, including that the languages of groups such as the Kurdish community remains prohibited as “mother-language” in education and in all areas of public life by the Turkish Constitution; is reminding that this is a violation of International law which protects the rights of persons to assert their membership in an ethnic or religious minority and to express themselves in the minority’s traditional language.
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Underlines the need to resume the Kurdish peace process;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses deep concern about the deterioration in the human rights situation for LGBTI people, in particular with regard to physical attacks – especially against transgender persons – the protracted bans on Pride marches across the country, restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, association and expression, and censorship in the media; deplores the increasingly homophobic stance of Turkey’s government and the use of hate speech against LGBTI people by high-level officials, that aims at stigmatizing and criminalizing the LGBTI community and serves as breeding ground for hate crimes; encourages sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics to be added as a protected ground in the anti-discrimination article of the labour law:
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is deeply concerned about the constant attacks and, pressure onand closings of the opposition parties, particularly the HDP and the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is reminded that the Constitutional Court has in the past banned six pro-Kurdish political parties; which undermine the proper functioning of the democratic system; stresses that democracy presupposes an environment in which political parties, civil society and the media can function without threats or arbitrary restrictions;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that Turkey has legitimate security concerns and the right to fight terrorism; stresses, nevertheless, that this must be done with full respect for the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms; reiterates its firm and unambiguous condemnation of the violent terrorist attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Strongly condemns the Turkish military intervention in Syria, which violates international law and undermines the stability and the security of the whole region; calls on Turkey to end its illegal occupation of Norther Syria and Afrin and reiterates that security concerns cannot justify military action in a foreign country;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Deplores the negative and destabilising role of Turkey, threatening regional peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and South Caucasus and its role in conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Libya;