Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Faysal Sarıyıldız was a witness to the mass killing of citizens and gross human rights violations. He was travelling around telling people what was happening. I ask the Minister to raise the issue of the warrant for his arrest and the revoking of his passport with the Turkish foreign Minister. He is not the only one who has been put in this position. I referred to the 11 MPs. Will the Minister call for their release? These were people doing the work they were elected to do.

Another worrying development is that trustees of the AKP the governing party are being appointed to run the municipality and all powers are being transferred to them. In the wider community we are getting reports of a build-up of aggressive rhetoric against the Kurdish population representatives. I am concerned that the next step could be a civil war in Turkey if this repression continues. I ask the Minister to raise wherever he can the arrests of these parliamentarians and particularly the revoking of Faysal Sarıyıldız's passport.

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