17 Amendments of Assita KANKO related to 2021/2250(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria of 15 September 2020,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on the Syrian conflict - 10 years after the uprising,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the aftermath of recent tensions between the EU and Turkey, particularly in relation to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the European Council offered to nurture a more positive dynamic in EU-Turkey relations by expressing readiness to engage with Turkey in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner in a number of areas of common interest, notwithstanding the insufficient engagement of Turkey with this positive agenda;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas over the past year, EU- Turkey relations have on average remained stable, as enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflicts; whereas this report reflects this situation by welcoming positive developments and pointing to further potential in the relationship, while signalling remaining problems, in particular as regards the rule of law and fundamental rights, that violate the Copenhagen criteria;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that Turkey is a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, a partner that is key for the stability of the wider region, and an ally with which the EU wishes to pursue the best possible relations; welcomes, in this view, the recent statements expressed at the highest level by the Turkish authorities about the recommitment of the Turkish Government to the EU path, but urgesalthough the Turkish authorities tdo put their words into action andnot demonstrate this commitment with specific facts and decisions; urges therefore both sides to review the appropriateness of the current framework;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is appalled by the Turkish government's attempts at securing the extrajudicial rendition of citizens living abroad; condemns the intelligence-led abduction and forcible rendition of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan Inandi from Kyrgyzystan;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its serious concern about the disproportionate and arbitrary measures curtailing freedom of expression; welcomes the further decrease in the number of journalists in prison in Turkey; expresses concern, however, about the ongoing detention and prosecution of people on charges of insulting the president due to comments made on television, in public or on social media; urges Turkey to amend the law on insulting the president in line with the recommendations of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines Turkey's refusal to implement recommendations included in reports by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture, including the situation of five inmates in the Imrali Island prison who are under absolute isolation and cannot meet even their lawyers and family members for years;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Is deeply worried about the arbitrary restrictions imposed on prisoners' rights to medical treatment and visitation;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with deep concern the practice of arbitrary deprivation of liberty, including the mass detention of people suspected of having links to the Gulen movement or pro-Kurdish political groups; condemns the widespread use of pretrial detention as a means of stifling dissent;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates its condemnation of the decision made by the Turkish authorities to remove HDP's over 150 democratically elected mayors from office since 2016 on the basis of questionable evidence and replace them with unelected trustees, which undermines local democracy; calls on Turkey to restore the deposed mayors to their office;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on Turkey to resume the peace process and reinstate dialogue with the Kurdish movement;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Deplores the perpetual blacklisting of former public sector workers who were summarily dismissed from their jobs by executive decree-laws, which continues more than three years after the lifting of the post-coup state of emergency; calls on the Turkish government to lift arbitrary travel bans and ensure everyone's equal access to the job market by removing undue alerts placed against former public sector workers on the national social security database; underlines the importance of the presumption of innocence as a basic human rights' guarantee in line with Turkey's international commitments;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that Turkey can pursue its own foreign policy in line with its interests and goals, but expects this policy to be defended through diplomacy and dialogue based on international law and, as a candidate country, to be increasingly aligned with that of the EU; denounces in this context the detrimental contribution of Turkey to the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ethiopia;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Northern Syria which it is illegally occupying outside of any UN mandate; condemns Turkey's illegal transfers of Kurdish Syrians from occupied Northern Syria to Turkey for detention and prosecution in violation of Turkey's international obligations under the Geneva Conventions; urges that all Syrian detainees who have been transferred to Turkey be immediately repatriated to the occupied territories in Syria; is worried that Turkey's ongoing displacements could amount to ethnic cleansing against the Syrian Kurdish population;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process and its value-based approach as the main framework for EU-Turkey relations, as it is still the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possible models for future relurges both sides to explore possible new models for future relations and to formally end the accession negotiations;