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1602188

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be represented by observers at the Kobani trial in Turkey of members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>British Embassy officials have been monitoring the Kobane trials in person and, whenever possible, will continue to do so, alongside other like-mind missions. We follow events in Turkey carefully, particularly government moves to close down the People's Democratic Party (HDP), the lifting of immunity for its MPs, and the replacement of opposition mayors by state-appointed officials. While these decisions are for the Turkish Government, we expect Turkey to undertake legal processes fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/03/2023 16:53:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1308740

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that (1) the government of Turkey has taken steps to ban the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in that country, and (2) members of the HDP have been arrested and imprisoned.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL14873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We are concerned by the legal action taken against the People's Democratic Party (HDP) and its officials, including MPs and mayors, accused of alleged terrorist links. If those links are proved to be accurate, we urge the HDP to distance itself entirely from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its ongoing terrorist activity. We have made it clear to Turkey that we expect the government to undertake any legal processes or actions against opposition parties, MPs, party officials, elected mayors, human rights defenders and journalists, fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. My colleague the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and Americas raised these issues with the Turkish Ambassador on 30 March. Officials from the British Embassy in Ankara also regularly meet members of the HDP to discuss their concerns. Working with our international partners, we will continue to encourage Turkey, including at Ministerial level, to make greater progress on wider human rights reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2021 15:07:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1189615

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of Turkey has submitted proceedings to withdraw parliamentary immunity from 28 opposition MPs of the Republican People’s Party, the People’s Democratic Party and the Democratic Regions Party; and what representations they intend to make, if any, to that government about such reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Turkish Parliament. We will continue to follow closely developments on this. As a modern democracy, we expect Turkey to undertake any subsequent legal processes transparently and to fully respect the rule of law. We consistently encourage the Turkish government to uphold the rule of law, to respect fundamental freedoms and to adhere to its international obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 01/05/2020 13:50:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1019275

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Turkey about proceedings to lift the parliamentary immunity of Pervin Buldan and three other MPs.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>​We have not made representations about this specific case, though we have repeatedly raised with the Turkish authorities the need for any legal processes, including those against MPs, to be conducted fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/12/2018 11:40:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

993808

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about the replacement of 98 elected mayors by trustees and the suspension of 259 elected village and neighbourhood mukhtars.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government of Turkey has replaced more than 90 Mayors with trustees on the grounds that those mayors were charged with terror offences. We have not made representations on these specific cases to the Turkish authorities.</p><p>Local elections in Turkey are scheduled for March 2019, and we will continue to urge that elections be free, fair and inclusive, in line with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe recommendations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:11:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

971887

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any influence by the government of Turkey over the expulsion from several countries of individuals allegedly linked to the Gulen Movement; whether they intend to make representations to the government of Turkey about any such influence; and whether membership of the Gulen Movement is currently a ground for expulsion from the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that the Turkish Government is actively seeking the extradition from third countries of alleged Gulenists. This is a matter between Turkey and the countries involved. We urge all concerned to observe international human rights obligations. The Gulen movement is not proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK so the issue of expulsion does not arise. We will consider extradition requests where there is evidence of criminal wrong-doing by an individual.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/09/2018 15:41:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

717795

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Final Report of the Third Imrali Peace Delegation published in March by the EU–Turkey Civic Commission concerning events in Turkey since November 2015; and what is their response to the Commission's call for action by the European Court of Human Rights and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>We have taken note of the report by the EU-Turkey Civil Commission and its concerns. The European Court of Human Rights is heavily engaged on issues related to Turkey, which accounts for 20% of its pending cases. The Committee for the Prevention of Torture is also very engaged on Turkey and visited the country twice in 2016. We continue to urge the Turkish authorities to engage with the Council of Europe and other human rights mechanisms to address international concerns about human rights in Turkey.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/04/2017 15:05:20 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

693665

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the situation of Turkish parliamentarians, following the lifting of immunity and the arrest of members of the HDP; and what is their response to the revocation of the parliamentary membership of Figen Yüksekdağ.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>We regularly discuss governance and rule of law issues with the government of Turkey. Most recently, the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), rasied these issues during her visit to Turkey on 28 January. We expect Turkey to undertake any legal processes against MPs fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. We are following the case of Figen Yüksekdağ and other imprisoned MPs closely, having joined an EU statement expressing concern over their detention in November last year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 07/03/2017 16:07:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

673993

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to summon the Turkish Ambassador to make representations concerning the three state of emergency decrees issued on 6 January; and what representations they have made, or intend to make, concerning the dismissal of public employees and academics and the closure of civil organisations in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has condemned the attempted coup on 15 July 2016 and ongoing terrorist atrocities in Turkey and acknowledges the legitimate right of the Turkish Government to take lawful and proportionate action against the perpetrators. The Government does not intend to summon the Turkish Ambassador to make representations concerning the three state of emergency decrees published on 6 January. The Government has engaged with the government of Turkey to make clear our position that its response to the coup and terrorist acts should be proportionate and that the rule of law and human rights, including freedom of expression, must be respected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/01/2017 12:28:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

632415

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Turkey about the detention of the co-chairs of the HDP Party, and a number of other MPs and elected mayors.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>We continue to follow developments in Turkey closely and underline the importance of the rule of law and the protection of freedom of expression. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan) raised these issues most recently with Turkey's Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a telephone call on 7 November.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/11/2016 14:15:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton