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Isolation of PKK leader Öcalan, hunger strikes in prisons on Parliamentary agenda

HDP MPs Tosun, Özgüneş and Öcalan have submitted separate Parliamentary questions regarding the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison and prisoners’ hunger strikes for an end to the isolation for 200 days.

15 June 2021

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Two million tons of sand allegedly stolen from Antalya's Patara Beach

HDP deputy Ali Kenanoğlu has brought the claims into the parliamentary agenda.

9 June 2021

‘What happened to enforced disappeared Syriac people?’

Syriac MP Tuma Çelik has asked the fate and whereabouts of the enforced disappeared Syriac people since the 1990s. Raising concerns about the unsolved murders as well, he has noted that the fate and whereabouts of Hurmüz Diril is still unknown.

28 May 2021

Crime leader's cocaine smuggling allegations against former PM's son on parliamentary agenda

Sedat Peker claimed in a YouTube video on Sunday that Binali Yıldırım's son traveled to Venezuela to organize cocaine delivery to Turkey.

26 May 2021

Demonstration ban in İkizdere amid resistance against stone quarry

The Governor’s Office of Rize has banned meetings and demonstrations in İkizdere, citing “public order” as the reason for the ban.

17 May 2021

Neighborhood guards’ violence on Parliamentary agenda

CHP’s Taşcıer has asked Interior Minister Soylu if any investigations have been launched against the neighborhood guards for using disproportionate violence, inflicting torture and maltreatment or using weapons except for specified conditions.

17 May 2021

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP

‘What does the ban on alcohol sales have to do with coronavirus outbreak?’

HDP İstanbul MP Kenanoğlu has asked Vice President Oktay a series of questions regarding the de facto ban on alcohol sales during the 17-day full lockdown even though the Interior Ministry’s circular does not refer to such a ban.

28 April 2021

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Air pollution data for İzmir's industrialized areas not made public for five years

An opposition MP has called on the ministry to fulfill its responsibilities and release the data for the relevant areas.

26 April 2021

Parliamentary speaker returns question on party closures

Turkey’s Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has returned main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu’s Parliamentary question on party closures on the grounds that it is among “the issues that cannot be questioned” as per the Parliamentary bylaw.

12 April 2021

‘No language other than Turkish shall be taught,’ says Education Minister

Minister of National Education Ziya Selçuk has answered the Parliamentary question of HDP MP Sıdık Taş about education in the mother language. The Minister has referred to Article 42 of the Constitution.

8 April 2021

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

'Gold mining company felling trees in Ordu despite expired license'

"The tree felling that started but was prevented by the struggle of the local people and ecology advocates has started again," MP Gülüm has said.

7 April 2021

22 MPs ask minister a single question: Conscience or İstanbul Convention?

Women MPs of the HDP have addressed a Parliamentary question to Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Selçuk: “As a minister and woman, with what will you protect yourself when you are subjected to violence?"

6 April 2021

27TH LEGISLATIVE TERM

1,276 summaries of proceedings against 186 MPs

In the 27th Legislative Term, there are summaries of proceedings against 93 main opposition CHP MPs and 54 of 55 HDP MPs.

5 April 2021

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.

1 April 2021

Minister offers no explanation for 14.5 million lira tax fine on pro-opposition newspaper

"The fines imposed on newspapers and televisions that pursue the truth both destroy freedom of the press and take away our right to information," MP Çakırözer has said.

29 March 2021

CHP’S EMİR ASKS MINISTER

‘What happened to 50 thousand doses of BioNTech vaccine?’

Main opposition CHP MP Murat Emir has raised concerns about the contradictions between the statements of the Health Minister and BioNTech company about the number of vaccine doses that arrived in Turkey in the first batch and the dates of delivery.

29 March 2021

CHP MP EMİR

‘2.8 billion lira transferred to Ministry’s R&D fund missing’

Main opposition CHP MP Murat Emir says that 2.8 billion lira in the Research and Development fund of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has been used to close the budget deficit, as it is also the case in other similar funds.

25 March 2021

CHP MP EMİR

Suspended from profession over sexist remarks, physician back on duty

CHP MP Murat Emir has announced that Ali Edizer, the former deputy chief physician of a public hospital, has started working at another public hospital after being suspended from profession over his remarks targeting the civil code and secularism.

19 March 2021

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).

15 March 2021

Women’s Emergency Support App has 6 language options, but not Kurdish

HDP MP Kılıç Koçyiğit has asked why the Interior Ministry’s Women’s Emergency Support (KADES) application does not have the Kurdish option while it is now offering services in Turkish, Persian, Arabic, English, Russian and French.

10 March 2021

HDP’S PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

‘Human Rights Action Plan a window dressing to improve relations with EU’

Submitting a Parliamentary question about the recently unveiled Human Rights Action Plan, HDP Diyarbakır MPs have questioned the violations of rights in Turkey, especially since the State of Emergency and its aftermath.

5 March 2021

HDP MP GÜLÜM

‘Why doesn’t Turkey enforce the İstanbul Convention?’

In her Parliamentary question about the enforcement of İstanbul Convention in Turkey, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm asks why Turkey fails to effectively enforce the convention to prevent, investigate and penalize male violence.

3 March 2021

Minister defends media authority’s fines: Equal and impartial

Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has answered a Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer regarding the fines imposed by the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on broadcasters.

1 March 2021

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Only a third of applications for unemployment allowance accepted during pandemic

The money in the fund decreased although fewer people were granted unemployment benefits in 2020, CHP deputy Şeker has noted.

19 February 2021

RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Health Minister: 2,412 physicians resigned in Turkey in 6 months

Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has answered the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Bayır regarding the number of doctors who resigned during the pandemic. 2,412 doctors resigned, according to Koca’s answer.

18 February 2021

HDP MP asks why ‘Leyla Aydemir case is covered up’

After it was understood that 4-year-old Leyla Aydemir had been subjected to sexual abuse, but this finding in the first forensic medical report was ignored, Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has brought the issue into the Parliamentary agenda.

16 February 2021

CHP MP reveals his parliamentary questions about kidnapped officers remained unanswered

Thirteen military, police and intelligence officers held captive by the PKK were killed during a military rescue operation in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

15 February 2021

Three million subscribers had electricity, natural gas turned off due to unpaid bills in 10 months

MP Gürer said the ministry shouldn't turn off the services and take legal action against subscribers during the pandemic.

8 February 2021

COVID-19 IN TURKEY

‘Face-to-face education cannot resume without vaccination’

Amid ongoing COVID-19 vaccination of health workers and the elderly across Turkey, HDP MP Oya Ersoy asks, “If there were plans to reopen schools on February 15, why didn't you vaccinate teachers?”

29 January 2021

133 gold mining licenses given across Turkey, says Energy Minister

Energy Minister Dönmez has answered the Parliamentary question of CHP MP Gürer. While he previously said that no mining licenses were given for forest areas, he now says that the related permits are given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

28 January 2021

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

'Abdüssamed K.' on Turkey's Parliamentary agenda

HDP MP Ersoy has addressed a Parliamentary question to Minister of Education Selçuk regarding the academic who was arrested for “online solicitation of a minor,” but was working as the head of a psychology department at a university in İstanbul.

18 January 2021