Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 14078 | 22 June 2016

The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

Signatories: Mr Andrej HUNKO, Germany, UEL ; Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia, UEL ; Ms Filiz KERESTECİOĞLU DEMİR, Turkey, UEL ; Mr Ertuğrul KÜRKÇÜ, Turkey, UEL ; Mr George LOUCAIDES, Cyprus, UEL ; Mr Hişyar ÖZSOY, Turkey, UEL ; Mr Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Denmark, UEL

Origin - 2016 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 7, second sentence, replace the words "some of whose members are facing terrorism-related charges for statements they have made" with the following words:

"many of whose members have been charged for their statements under the Anti-Terror Law (no. 3713). The Assembly, reiterating its call in the Resolution 1925 (2013), urges the Turkish government to revise the legislation and practices on terrorism in line with European standards, notably by better aligning the definition of terrorism with that set out in Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA as amended, in order to narrow the scope of the definition and by introducing a criterion of proportionality."