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RoP 144Events
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
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0048/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0049/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0082/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0083/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0084/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0085/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0088/2019
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0049/2019
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0017/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0048/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0049/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0082/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0083/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0084/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0085/2019
- Motion for a resolution: B9-0088/2019
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B9-0049/2019
Activities
- Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS
Plenary Speeches (2)Institutional Motions (2)
- Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Sergey LAGODINSKY
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Özlem DEMIREL
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Manu PINEDA
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Ramona STRUGARIU
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Loucas FOURLAS
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Abir AL-SAHLANI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (2)
- Andrus ANSIP
Institutional Motions (2)
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Institutional Motions (2)
- Phil BENNION
- Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA
Institutional Motions (2)
- Chris DAVIES
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Plenary Speeches (1)Institutional Motions (1)
- Fredrick FEDERLEY
Institutional Motions (2)
- Michael GAHLER
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- Heidi HAUTALA
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- Sandra KALNIETE
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- Kateřina KONEČNÁ
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- Stelios KOULOGLOU
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- Esther DE LANGE
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- Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE
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- David MCALLISTER
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- Javier NART
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- Bill NEWTON DUNN
- Younous OMARJEE
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- Urmas PAET
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- Kati PIRI
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- Paulo RANGEL
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- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
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- Frédérique RIES
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- Bronis ROPĖ
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- Ivan ŠTEFANEC
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- Romana TOMC
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- Inese VAIDERE
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- Ernest URTASUN
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- Miguel URBÁN CRESPO
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- Hilde VAUTMANS
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- Jan ZAHRADIL
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- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
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- Željana ZOVKO
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- Milan ZVER
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- Nathalie LOISEAU
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- Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ
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- Valter FLEGO
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- Sira REGO
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- Konstantinos ARVANITIS
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- Saskia BRICMONT
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- Anna CAVAZZINI
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- Olivier CHASTEL
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- Katalin CSEH
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- Karoline EDTSTADLER
- Laurence FARRENG
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- Giorgos GEORGIOU
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- Christophe GRUDLER
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- Klemen GROŠELJ
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- Irena JOVEVA
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- Arba KOKALARI
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- Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS
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- Katrin LANGENSIEPEN
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- David LEGA
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- Erik MARQUARDT
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- Hannah NEUMANN
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- Dragoş PÎSLARU
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- Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP
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- Catherine ROWETT
- Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR
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- Michal ŠIMEČKA
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- Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ
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- Tineke STRIK
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- Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ
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- Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE
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- Nikolaj VILLUMSEN
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- Loránt VINCZE
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- Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL
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- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
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- Karen MELCHIOR
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- Tomasz FRANKOWSKI
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- Vangelis MEIMARAKIS
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- Lucy NETHSINGHA
- Kim VAN SPARRENTAK
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- François ALFONSI
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- Brando BENIFEI
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- Monika BEŇOVÁ
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- Mara BIZZOTTO
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- Klaus BUCHNER
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- Reinhard BÜTIKOFER
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- Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
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- Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT
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- Raffaele FITTO
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- Anna FOTYGA
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- Yannick JADOT
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- Andrey KOVATCHEV
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- Danilo Oscar LANCINI
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- Marisa MATIAS
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- Costas MAVRIDES
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- Jörg MEUTHEN
Institutional Motions (1)
- Martina MICHELS
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- Demetris PAPADAKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Monika VANA
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- Julie WARD
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- Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA
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- Pernando BARRENA ARZA
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- Lars Patrick BERG
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- Vladimír BILČÍK
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- Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN
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- Manuel BOMPARD
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- Ellie CHOWNS
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- Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD
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- Alexandra GEESE
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- Markéta GREGOROVÁ
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- José GUSMÃO
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- Bernard GUETTA
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- Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA
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- Assita KANKO
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- Alice KUHNKE
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- Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
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- Jaak MADISON
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- Philippe OLIVIER
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- Anne-Sophie PELLETIER
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- Caroline ROOSE
Institutional Motions (1)
- Isabel SANTOS
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- Alexandr VONDRA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Salima YENBOU
Institutional Motions (1)
- Eero HEINÄLUOMA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ville NIINISTÖ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Bettina VOLLATH
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- Guido REIL
Institutional Motions (1)
- Markus BUCHHEIT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Evin INCIR
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- Ioannis LAGOS
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- Mounir SATOURI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Marie TOUSSAINT
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- Pierfrancesco MAJORINO
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- Annunziata Mary REES-MOGG
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- Sara SKYTTEDAL
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- Tomislav SOKOL
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- James WELLS
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- Bernhard ZIMNIOK
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RC-B9-0049/2019 - Am 2 19/09/2019 12:04:48.000 #
RC-B9-0049/2019 - Am 3 19/09/2019 12:05:02.000 #
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