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Commons Chamber
Counter-Daesh Update - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (CON - New Forest East) forces may now find themselves under attack by Turkey, a country with an ambivalent record toward both - Speech Link
2: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) closely with the United States and France to get a dialogue going between the Syrian defence forces and Turkey - Speech Link
3: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) We are obviously working closely with the security services and allies in the region, whether it be Turkey - Speech Link
4: Sandy Martin (LAB - Ipswich) Syria from being attacked by the Governments of those two countries and, indeed, by the Government of Turkey - Speech Link
5: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) We have always had a very strong relationship with the Kurds, especially in Afghanistan. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Turkey - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
2: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
3: John Howell (CON - Henley) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
4: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
5: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
6: Douglas Chapman (SNP - Dunfermline and West Fife) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
7: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
8: Mark Field (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
9: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link
10: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) situation in Turkey. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Turkey: Kurds and Yazidis in Syria - Wed 23 May 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Hylton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) against the Kurds and Yezides of Afrin province in Syria, made by 13 organisations, including the Kurdish - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) We continue to make this point strongly in our close dialogue with Turkey about Syria, and Turkey has - Speech Link
3: Lord Hylton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Kurds and Yazidis are being murdered while Turks from Turkey, Syrian refugees from Turkey and displaced - Speech Link
4: Lord Lea of Crondall (Non-affiliated - Life peer) is not going to happen in south-east Turkey, and about what is happening in Syria and in Iraq, did the - Speech Link
5: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) in northern Syria and probably also for Kurds in south-eastern Turkey? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 15 May 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Harriett Baldwin (CON - West Worcestershire) him at the Commonwealth meetings in London in April. - Speech Link
2: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) President Erdoğan of Turkey, who is currently visiting this country, has called snap elections for 24 - Speech Link
3: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) with our Turkish friends only the other day and that, although the relationship between the UK and Turkey - Speech Link
4: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) him the Turkish military invasion of Afrin, the numerous civilian deaths and the persecution of the Kurds - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Situation - Thu 19 Apr 2018
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Owen (Independent Social Democrat - Life peer) : Norway, Iceland and Turkey. - Speech Link
2: Lord Morris of Aberavon (LAB - Life peer) the Kurds in the north and the Marsh Arabs in the south. - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) of an election in Turkey, intended to consolidate further President Erdoğan’s authoritarian regime.What - Speech Link
4: Lord Hylton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The President of Turkey has made serious threats against places in Syria such as Manbij, Kobane and Jazira - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Syria - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) any discussions must include the Kurds in northern Syria? - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (CON - The Cotswolds) He, like me, has been to refugee camps—he in Jordan, I in Turkey—and we have seen the very difficult - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (CON - The Cotswolds) There are so many ethnic minorities in Syria—the Kurds, the Christians, the Shi’a, the Sunnis and numerous - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) Unfortunately, Turkey has grasped the opportunity to attack Kurdish communities across the border in - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) One should consider the impact on Lebanon and Turkey. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Syria - Mon 16 Apr 2018
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) The multi-layered conflicts being played out in Syria—Assad v al-Qaeda, Turkey v Kurds and Iran v Israel—have - Speech Link
2: Lord Glasman (LAB - Life peer) days and has paid local al-Qaeda and al-Nusra forces, as well as defeated Daesh forces, to expel the Kurds - Speech Link
3: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (CON - Life peer) We support ongoing discussions between Turkey and the US and believe that a negotiated agreement, taking - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Counter-Daesh Update - Thu 29 Mar 2018
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (CON - New Forest East) Iraq, rather than Syria, because there were few forces on the ground in Syria, other than the Kurds, - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) Given the incredible role that the Kurds in the autonomous Kurdish region played in trying to defeat - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Syria - Thu 29 Mar 2018
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LDEM - Life peer) France, Turkey, the remnants of the Ottoman Empire and ourselves—we drew the lines, not for their advantage - Speech Link
2: Earl of Oxford and Asquith (CB - Excepted Hereditary) play greater bilateral roles in rebuilding the country than, for example, Turkey or Saudi Arabia.International - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) from their homeland, mostly in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) the neighbouring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, only 8% are in UNHCR refugee camps. - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) sees its priority as stopping the Kurds rather than getting a political solution? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) As the Minister knows, it is often said that the Kurds “have no friends but the mountains”. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) Lady as a friend of the Kurds as well, I would say that the situation there is complex between the various - Speech Link
3: Mike Kane (LAB - Wythenshawe and Sale East) What assessment has the Minister made of our relationship with Turkey on this matter? - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Is not what Turkey is doing therefore counterproductive to that objective? - Speech Link