Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Turkey has basically engaged in any kind of diplomatic activity that tries to bring a political solution to the problem, starting with the Geneva process, Friends of Syria, Geneva II, and now the Astana process, the Vienna process, the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Of course, especially since the beginning of the Arab Spring and the civil war in Syria, Turkey's geopolitical condition has become much more significant, and it is key for the western alliance section, the NATO alliance. As I mentioned before, it not only has 600 kilometres of

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I want to clarify one more time that I didn't say that the current state is part of democratization. I said that after the end of these threats and after the end of these investigations, Turkey will restart its democratization process. That was my remark. I think there was a misu

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't know the details of these investigations. One more time, as in the previous question, I don't know the details about these investigations. I just want to provide a picture of the Turkish political structure right now and what it has gone through for the last two or three

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  At the end of my conversation, I basically tried to summarize the issues and why Turkey would be part of the Western-aligned structure because of its commitment to the European Union, because in a recent summit both the European Union and Turkey reiterated their commitment to con

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is important to remember that when we are talking about terrorist organizations, we are also talking about ISIS, the PKK, and the attacks. I listed some of them. The country faced in two years more than 200 terrorist attacks. You know, after one attack in Paris there was a sta

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Inaudible—Editor] any case here. I'm just saying that I tried to give you a picture of Turkey's political structure and the trauma it faced. I didn't go into details about any cases because I don't have much information about these cases. As a general picture, when I see the mul

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think I made it clear in my presentation that the state of emergency measures came especially as a result of the significant trauma faced by the Turkish state and Turkish society. What I mean by the Turkish journey for democratization is that immediately after the.... I believe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. I have three sentences left. Considering the critical security situation in Turkey, co-operation with Turkey—in terms of intelligence in the fight against terrorism and national security threats against Turkey—will play an important role for Turkey to pass through this chal

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for having me. I will try to present some basic contextual information on the recent developments in Turkish politics. Then I will try to entertain questions from the committee. Under the current government, Turkey has undergone a major political transforma