Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of mass trials of members of the Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions (KESK) in Turkey.

We are monitoring the ongoing trials of members of the Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions (KESK) through our Embassy in Ankara. The UK has no locus to intervene in Turkish domestic legal cases but we encourage the Turkish government to ensure that all such legal proceedings are carried out in compliance with Turkey's judicial and international human rights obligations, including European Court of Human Rights' rulings.