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2019/2821(RSP) Resolution on situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 144

Events

2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0048/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0049/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0082/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0083/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0084/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0085/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B9-0088/2019
2019/09/19
   Joint motion for resolution
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RC-B9-0049/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2019/09/19
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament
2019/09/19
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution on situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors.

As a reminder, local elections were held in Turkey on 31 March 2019 and were conducted in an orderly way, according to the preliminary conclusions of the election observation delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. An impressive voter turnout was witnessed in the local elections. However, the election was broadly criticised by observers due to excessive media bias in favour of the governing People’s Alliance.

In these elections, mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı of Diyarbakır received a majority of 63 %, mayor Ahmet Türk of Mardin a majority of 56 %, and mayor Bedia Özgökçe of Van a majority of 54 % of the votes, meaning, therefore, that all three mayors obtained a clear popular mandate to fulfil the duties that concern their mayoral offices.

The democratically elected mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin in south-east Turkey were replaced by government-appointed provincial governors/trustees on the grounds that they were currently under criminal investigation for alleged links to terrorism.

The replacement of Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, Ahmet Türk, and Bedia Özgökçe Ertan by state governors is of serious concern as it calls into question respect for the democratic outcomes of the 31 March 2019 elections.

Furthrmore, on 3 September 2019, the Turkish Interior Minister announced that further orders to remove elected officials were to follow, specifically threatening to replace the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Parliament condemned the decision made by the Turkish authorities to remove democratically elected mayors from office on the basis of questionable evidence. It stressed that these actions continue to undermine the ability of the political opposition to exercise their rights and fulfil their democratic roles and called on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release members of the opposition arrested as part of the crackdown on all voices of dissent in the country and to drop all charges against them.

In the resolution, Members strongly criticised the arbitrary replacement of local elected representatives by unelected trustees, which further undermines the democratic structure of Turkey.

Parliament called on the Turkish authorities to reinstate all mayors and other elected officials who won local elections on 31 March 2019 and were prevented from assuming office or were dismissed or replaced with unelected trustees on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations.

Lastly, Parliament expressed serious concern over the monitoring of social media platforms and the closedown of social media accounts by the Turkish authorities.

Documents
T9-0017/2019
2019/09/19
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament

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Activities

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2019/09/19 Outcome: -: 517, +: 117, 0: 13
CY EE SK LU BE MT IT FI IE SI LV HR BG EL DK LT AT NL SE FR RO CZ HU GB PT ES PL DE
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5
10
6
20
5
62
13
7
7
8
9
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17
13
11
18
21
20
62
25
18
18
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47
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Jaak MADISON
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24

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Denmark ID

For (1)

Peter KOFOD
1

Austria ID

3

France ID

18

Czechia ID

Abstain (1)

Hynek BLAŠKO
1

Germany ID

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Gunnar BECK
9
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Slovakia NI

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Milan UHRÍK
1

Italy NI

11

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
1

Greece NI

2

Hungary NI

Abstain (1)

Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

United Kingdom NI

24

Germany NI

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Martin SONNEBORN
1
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Belgium ECR

3

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Raffaele FITTO
4

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2

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Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

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Andrey SLABAKOV

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Angel DZHAMBAZKI
2

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Emmanouil FRAGKOS
1

Lithuania ECR

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Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

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Charlie WEIMERS
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Marc BOTENGA
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Silvia MODIG
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Clare DALY, Mick WALLACE
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5

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Nikolaj VILLUMSEN
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Ivars IJABS
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Valter FLEGO
1

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5

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Claudia GAMON
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Sylvie BRUNET
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Katarina BARLEY
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Benoît LUTGEN
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Pernille WEISS
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David LEGA, Sara SKYTTEDAL
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RC-B9-0049/2019 - Am 3 19/09/2019 12:05:02.000 #

2019/09/19 Outcome: -: 502, +: 128, 0: 11
IT CY EE LU BE SK MT SI DK IE FI LV HR NL LT SE AT EL BG CZ FR GB HU PT RO ES PL DE
Total
62
3
5
3
20
10
5
6
11
7
13
8
9
20
11
20
18
17
14
19
64
64
18
19
24
46
47
78
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Jaak MADISON
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Peter KOFOD
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Hynek BLAŠKO
1

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8
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11

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Milan UHRÍK
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Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
1

Greece NI

Abstain (1)

Ioannis LAGOS
2

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Diane DODDS
24

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Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

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Martin SONNEBORN
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Silvia MODIG
1

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Anja HAZEKAMP
1

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Malin BJÖRK
1

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5

Czechia GUE/NGL

1

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5

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Martina ANDERSON
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4

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Raffaele FITTO
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Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

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Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

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25
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Tilly METZ
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Michal ŠIMEČKA
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Ivars IJABS
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Valter FLEGO
1

Netherlands Renew

5

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Claudia GAMON
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Romania Renew

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