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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by the President2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.2.3-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Enrique Barón Crespo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am rising to speak about what has just been said by Mrs Morgantini. In my capacity as chairman of the Socialist delegation which visited Turkey, on Monday evening, after speaking to the Prime Minister, Mr Ecevit, to raise the situation of Mr Birdal and Mrs Zana, and to express our concern – and I would like to point out that we were able to receive the first report which is being discussed by the Turkish government on adapting the Turkish constitution and legislation to the Copenhagen criteria – we held a meeting in the Commission’s headquarters in Ankara with representatives of the NGOs, including Mr Birdal, who participated very actively in the meeting. Yesterday, Tuesday morning, Mr Birdal went to prison to serve the sentence that the Turkish courts have imposed on him. From Turkey we expressed our vigorous condemnation of the fact that a person who has fought for human rights for many years, like Mr Birdal – who has not paid with his life in this struggle, although he has unfortunately paid with his health – had gone to prison. We also expressed our opinion – which I believe is not only that of the Socialist Group but also of the whole of this House – that, in order to set Turkey on a path which may lead to a good relationship conducive to full accession, it is clearly necessary – as the Turkish government is now saying – to amend the constitution and the legislation and also to implement a law of amnesty so that people such as Mrs Zana, who is in prison, or Mr Birdal, who has just gone to prison, do not have to pay for crimes of opinion which fortunately do not exist in any of our countries."@en1

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