Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on reported human rights abuses in Turkey; and if he will make a statement.

I raised these issues during my visit to Turkey on 19 October, and again most recently with Turkey’s Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a phone call on 7 November. We will continue to monitor the human rights situation in Turkey.