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Garo Paylan on Türkiye-Armenia border: "Why doesn't this border open?"

Garo Paylan on Türkiye-Armenia border: "Why doesn't this border open?"

"Hrant Dink's biggest dream was the opening of this border and that Turkish, Kurdish, Azeri, and Armenian people would dance halay together," said the MP and suggested that the border gate should be opened and named Hrant Dink gate.

26 January 2023

HDP submits bill to compensate 1942 'Wealth Tax' on minorities

HDP submits bill to compensate 1942 'Wealth Tax' on minorities

Speaking about the law targeting non-Muslims at the time, MP Garo Paylan said, "I invite the Parliament to take responsibility in order to get clear from fault, compensate for losses this law caused and to apologize from the victims."

11 November 2022

Diyarbakır's last synagogue under risk of collapse, warns MP

Diyarbakır's last synagogue under risk of collapse, warns MP

The synagogue was built in the 15th century basalt and limestone stones unique to Diyarbakır, and Jews of Çermik used it until the 1960s, Paylan has said.

28 September 2022

'Assassination plot' against MP Paylan: 'Minorities always used as baits in Türkiye'

'Assassination plot' against MP Paylan: 'Minorities always used as baits in Türkiye'

"We are heading to the elections, and there is a fight to gain power in Ankara. Minorities have always been used as 'baits' in the games of power within the state," Paylan said about an alleged assassination plot against him.

19 August 2022 Ruken Tuncel

Erdoğan is 'flexing muscles'

Erdoğan is 'flexing muscles'

The "cross-border operation," the "Gezi Trial," and the "lynch attempt" against Garo Paylan are just the opening moves. It is almost certain that 2022 and 2023 will be full of similar attempts with increased numbers and violence. More than not being frightened by "muscle flexing" is needed for an effective opposition.

28 April 2022 Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Armenians in Turkey mark Genocide Remembrance Day

Armenians in Turkey mark Genocide Remembrance Day

"Children of this country study at Talat Pasha schools, walk on Enver Pasha streets, and meet on Cemal Pasha squares. This is a calamity as big as the genocide," said MP Paylan.

Armenian MP of Turkey threatened by government after bill for genocide recognition

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY

Armenian MP of Turkey threatened by government after bill for genocide recognition

While President Erdoğan extended condolences to the Armenian patriarch of Turkey, MP Paylan was threatened with legal action.

'Building a shopping mall on a mass grave means sweeping the massacre under the carpet'

NEWALA QESABA

'Building a shopping mall on a mass grave means sweeping the massacre under the carpet'

HDP deputy Garo Paylan has talked about the construction project in Newala Qesaba: "We expect respect for our deceased. Everybody should show sensitivity because this is a matter of human rights."

15 April 2022 Ruken Tuncel

HDP’s Paylan to Erdoğan: Don’t send the finance minister abroad

HDP’s Paylan to Erdoğan: Don’t send the finance minister abroad

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has criticized Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati, who told investors in France, “We will tear down the bureaucracy. Chill, we have the President behind us.”

HDP's Paylan welcomes meeting of foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia

HDP's Paylan welcomes meeting of foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia

Peoples’ Democratic Party Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has expressed support in a social media message after Turkey’s Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu and his counterpart Mirzoyan from Armeni̇a met in Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

‘Turkey is on the brink of a wheat, bread crisis; support farmers’

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL BY HDP

‘Turkey is on the brink of a wheat, bread crisis; support farmers’

HDP MP Garo Paylan recalls that Russia and Ukraine are Turkey’s leading partners for importing wheat and says that farmers in Turkey must be provided with incentives for wheat production in the face of an imminent wheat and bread crisis.

HDP proposes adjusting minimum wage in Turkey every 3 months

HDP proposes adjusting minimum wage in Turkey every 3 months

Garo Paylan, the HDP Vice Co-Chair Responsible for the Economy, says, “The wage increase has melted before minimum wage earners have it in their pockets”, noting that Erdoğan has taken back a lot more than the wage increase he gave to people.

3 February 2022

Motion for parliamentary inquiry into 1942 Wealth Tax on Jewish, Christian minorities

Motion for parliamentary inquiry into 1942 Wealth Tax on Jewish, Christian minorities

MP Paylan has said Turkey must confront its past by determining and compensating the losses caused by the tax on Christians and Jews.

12 November 2021

Budget talks at Parliament: HDP MPs protest for a higher minimum wage

Budget talks at Parliament: HDP MPs protest for a higher minimum wage

During the budget talks of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the MPs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party staged a protest, demanding that the net minimum wage be increased from 2,825 liras to 5,000 liras.

5 November 2021

‘The 2022 budget must be drawn up with farmers, laborers, unemployed’

HDP MPS PROTEST AT PARLIAMENT

‘The 2022 budget must be drawn up with farmers, laborers, unemployed’

The HDP Economy Commission has made a statement before the budget talks at the Parliamentary Commission. Walking with banners in their hands, they have chanted the slogan, “Budget for the people, not for the pro-government.”

20 October 2021

Summaries of proceedings against 4 MPs submitted to Parliament

Summaries of proceedings against 4 MPs submitted to Parliament

The summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the legislative immunity of HDP MPs Meral Danış Beştaş, Hüda Kaya and Garo Paylan and DBP MP Sali Aydeniz have been submitted to the Parliamentary Speaker’s Office.

HDP brings Pandora Papers into Turkey's Parliamentary agenda

HDP brings Pandora Papers into Turkey's Parliamentary agenda

HDP MP Garo Paylan has recalled that there are allegedly 220 names from Turkey mentioned in the Pandora Papers: “Will you launch an investigation against the contractor who transferred what he had earned from the Palace to a tax haven?”

When will Turkey-Armeni̇a border be opened?

HDP MP PAYLAN ASKS

When will Turkey-Armeni̇a border be opened?

Bringing the calls of Armeni̇a’s PM Pashinyan for normalization with Turkey to the Parliamentary agenda, HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has asked Vice President Fuat Oktay when diplomation relations will begin with Armeni̇a.

10 September 2021

HDP asks about allegations concerning Ziraat Bank in Germany

HDP asks about allegations concerning Ziraat Bank in Germany

In a Parliamentary question to Minister of Treasury and Finance Elvan, HDP MP Paylan has asked if there is an investigation into the allegations that the money collected with high interest rates at state-owned Ziraat Bank in Germany was transferred to Turkey.

1 September 2021

Minority foundations in Turkey have not been able to hold elections for eight years

Minority foundations in Turkey have not been able to hold elections for eight years

HDP deputy Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the issue to the vice president.

Dancing on the gate of an Armenian church, three suspects released from detention

Dancing on the gate of an Armenian church, three suspects released from detention

Taken into custody for dancing on the gate of the Surp Takavor Armenian Church in Kadıköy, three suspects have been released from detention, two on probation.

‘Pandemic is not over, cutting off support for workers would be devastating’

GARO PAYLAN

‘Pandemic is not over, cutting off support for workers would be devastating’

Introduced to curb the effects of the pandemic, short-time working allowance, unpaid leave support and lay off ban will end on June 30. HDP's Paylan asks, “When will the Unemployment Fund filled by workers be mobilized for them, if not now?”

25 June 2021 Hikmet Adal

Criminal complaint against Ümit Özdağ, who threatened Garo Paylan

Criminal complaint against Ümit Özdağ, who threatened Garo Paylan

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has demanded that a lawsuit be filed against İstanbul MP Ümit Özdağ as per the Articles 106 and 216 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and the Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

MP Garo Paylan threatened by nationalist lawmaker over genocide remarks

MP Garo Paylan threatened by nationalist lawmaker over genocide remarks

Ümit Özdağ has called Paylan, an Armenian of Turkey, "a vicious enemy of the Turkish nation" and said he would "have a Talat Pasha experience when the time comes."

'Only Turkey's parliament can heal wounds of Armenian people'

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY

'Only Turkey's parliament can heal wounds of Armenian people'

HDP deputy Garo Paylan has submitted a law proposal for the recognition of the genocide.

Opposition divided on retired admirals' 'Montreux Declaration'

Opposition divided on retired admirals' 'Montreux Declaration'

While some opposition politicians say that the government is using the declaration to distract the public from the country's real problems, others have taken side with either the government or the admirals.

Excavation for parking garage construction on Syriac monastery premises in Mardin

Excavation for parking garage construction on Syriac monastery premises in Mardin

Historical places belonging to minorities are faced with "destruction policies," says HDP deputy Garo Paylan.

Police prevent MP Garo Paylan from entering cemetery

Police prevent MP Garo Paylan from entering cemetery

HDP MP Garo Paylan, Chamber of Architects Ankara Chair Tezcan Karakuş Candan and the group accompanying them were not allowed to enter the Armenian cemetery in Ankara to examine the ongoing construction.

‘Why don’t you stop the construction on Armenian cemetery?’

HDP MP PAYLAN

‘Why don’t you stop the construction on Armenian cemetery?’

HDP MP Garo Paylan has raised concerns that concrete is still being poured on an Armenian and Catholic cemetery in Ankara as part of a construction undertaken by the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ).

‘What happens when one says “Dear Selahattin Demirtaş”?’

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MP

‘What happens when one says “Dear Selahattin Demirtaş”?’

Facing a summary of proceedings over the Kobane incidents of October 6-8, 2014, HDP MP Garo Paylan also faces charges for addressing arrested former Co-Chair of the HDP Demirtaş as “Dear Selahattin Demirtaş”.

Prosecutors seek lift of immunity for HDP co-chair, eight deputies over 2014 Kobanê protests

Prosecutors seek lift of immunity for HDP co-chair, eight deputies over 2014 Kobanê protests

Some 108 people are facing an aggravated life sentence for having allegedly orchestrated the 2014 protests in the predominantly Kurdish provinces.

19 February 2021

‘How was the Armenian church demolished despite the protection order?’

FROM HDP MP PAYLAN TO MINISTER

‘How was the Armenian church demolished despite the protection order?’

Addressing a Parliamentary question to the Minister of Tourism and Culture, HDP Diyarbakır MP Paylan has asked how the historical Surp Toros Armenian Church was demolished despite being recognized as an “immovable that requires protection.”

27 January 2021

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