Amendment No. 20 | Doc. 14078 | 22 June 2016

The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

Signatories: Mr Talip KÜÇÜKCAN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Markar ESEYAN, Turkey, ALDE ; Ms Emine Nur GÜNAY, Turkey, EC ; Mr Orhan MİROĞLU, Turkey, EC ; Mr Suat ÖNAL, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2016 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 6, first sentence, after the words "summer 2015", insert the following words:

"because the PKK refused to disarm and relaunched its attacks despite a strong representation of Kurdish politicians in the parliament,"

Explanatory note

The unilateral decision of the PKK to end the cease-fire and the reconciliation process should be clearly mentioned.