Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu – HDP MP Turkey

Early day motion 1663, tabled 18 March 2021 by Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party). Signed by 11 members.

This house is deeply concerned that Turkish HDP MP Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity and sentenced to two years six months in prison on terror charges; notes that Gergerlioglu’s indictment relates to a social media post in 2016 in which he called for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question; notes that Human Rights Watch has released a written statement condemning his conviction; calls on the Foreign Secretary to raise the question of this conviction with his Turkish counterpart; and calls on the Turkish Government for an immediate review and reversal of this conviction.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 7, Independent 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.