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"Mr President, in my speech I want to address Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan directly.
Prime Minister, yes, we do condemn the violent crackdown on the protestors, and I join the High Representative in calling for the police responsible to be brought to justice. But please do not dismiss our criticisms as some form of international conspiracy against you. My group has welcomed progress made on judicial reform and on the Kurdish issue, but your response to this crisis shows the need for further reforms of the police, on freedom of expression and of assembly. It is why we regret your cool words about Europe last Friday and why we argue for the opening of chapters 23 and 24 to enable us to join with you in building democracy and respect for human rights in your country.
Mr Erdoğan, you cannot promote democracy in Syria but not do so at home. You cannot extinguish the memory of being made a political prisoner yourself by putting your own political opponents in jail today. You must recognise that if your media is silent, we cannot do the same. Prime Minister, apologise to the protestors. They are not the ‘deep state’ out to get you. These are young people, trade unionists, environmentalists and civil society groups, who strengthen democracy through their actions. I appeal to you to show statesmanship, not just by meeting them today, but by genuinely conciliating the demands of all who express legitimate opposition in your society.
Commissioner Füle, last Friday you spoke for the whole of Europe. Thank you. Today I invite you to answer Mr Erdoğan’s public claim that you did not raise the protests in your private meeting with him. I was proud to co-author and negotiate the resolution we are debating now. On behalf of the Socialist and Democrat Group, I say that this was a protest that started with tree-huggers but is now one in which, across Europe, we should all embrace those who uphold democratic pluralism in the country we love, Turkey."@en1
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