Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 27 April to Question 181634 on Turkey: Earthquakes and of 3 May to Questions 182972, 182973, 182974 and 182975 on Turkey: Elections, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) safe passage to polling stations, (b) the security and safety of the electoral processes and (c) the conclusions of the election observation missions.in the recent Turkish election.

We have noted the preliminary findings of the independent election observation missions in the recent Turkish Presidential and Parliamentary elections. We commend the example set by Turkish people with their high turn-out at the ballot boxes, in Turkey and abroad. We will continue to monitor and communicate with organisations like the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding their plans and assessments for the second round of the Presidential election on 28 May.