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Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests

Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests

Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer and HDP MP Gülüm have submitted Parliamentary questions, reminding the Vice President and the Interior Minister about Iran’s unlawful practices against women and stressing that Turkey’s decision is not lawful.

8 February 2022

'Holding the Kobanî trial without lawyers will make the entire trial extrajudicial'

HDP'S GÜLÜM

'Holding the Kobanî trial without lawyers will make the entire trial extrajudicial'

HDP’s Züleyha Gülüm, a lawyer of the Kobanî case against 108 politicians, has spoken to bianet about the decision of the defendants and their lawyers to not attend the hearings in protest against the failure to hold a fair trial.

10 November 2021 Ayça Söylemez

HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media

HDP requests Parliamentary investigation into hate speech against LGBTI+s in the media

HDP MP Gülüm notes that ambiguous expressions such as “public morality”, “national and sentimental values” and “Turkish family structure” are brought forward in the media and requests the establishment of a Parliamentary investigation committee.

30 September 2021

HDP asks why the National Action Plan for People with Autism is not implemented

HDP asks why the National Action Plan for People with Autism is not implemented

HDP İstanbul MP Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary question about the problems faced by children with autism and their families as well as the discrimination faced by them in both education and social sphere.

8 September 2021

Violence against jailed women politicians on Parliamentary agenda

Violence against jailed women politicians on Parliamentary agenda

Sebahat Tuncel has announced that they were attacked in Sincan Prison in Ankara. While HDP MP Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary question, HDP Women’s Assembly has condemned the incident in a written statement.

Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir

Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.

‘Enforced disappearance is a crime against humanity’

‘Enforced disappearance is a crime against humanity’

HDP İstanbul MP Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry about the enforced disappearances in Turkey on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

'Gold mining company felling trees in Ordu despite expired license'

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

'Gold mining company felling trees in Ordu despite expired license'

"The tree felling that started but was prevented by the struggle of the local people and ecology advocates has started again," MP Gülüm has said.

‘Why doesn’t Turkey enforce the İstanbul Convention?’

HDP MP GÜLÜM

‘Why doesn’t Turkey enforce the İstanbul Convention?’

In her Parliamentary question about the enforcement of İstanbul Convention in Turkey, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm asks why Turkey fails to effectively enforce the convention to prevent, investigate and penalize male violence.

‘Isn’t it the Ministry’s duty to prevent hate speech in the media?’

‘Isn’t it the Ministry’s duty to prevent hate speech in the media?’

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Minister of Culture and Tourism Ersoy, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm has raised concerns about the hate speech in Turkey’s media: “When hate speech ends in impunity, it leads to further hate speech.”

13 October 2020

‘Only 2 out of every 10 young women can work in Turkey'

WOMEN’S POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

‘Only 2 out of every 10 young women can work in Turkey'

HDP İstanbul MP Züleyha Gülüm has brought women’s poverty into Parliamentary agenda, asking the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services “what measures it takes to prevent women’s poverty and unemployment in Turkey.”

‘How many health laborers have died of COVID-19 in Turkey so far?’

FROM HDP’S GÜLÜM TO KOCA

‘How many health laborers have died of COVID-19 in Turkey so far?’

In a Parliamentary question to Minister of Health Koca, HDP MP Gülüm has asked “whether the Ministry is planning to adopt policies that will improve the living and working conditions of health workers and to recognize COVID-19 as an occupational disease.”

In Which Prisons of Turkey Have Prisoners Tested Positive for COVID-19?

In Which Prisons of Turkey Have Prisoners Tested Positive for COVID-19?

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, HDP MP Gülüm has noted that the public needs to be informed about the number of prison personnel who have tested positive for COVID-19 and the prisons where they work.