UK-Turkey Relations

I am aware of that and if I my hon. Friend will allow me, I will discuss extensively the EU acces...

Given that Cyprus has assumed the EU presidency this week, is it not extraordinary that Turkey co...

I am grateful for that intervention. In truth, the argument cuts both ways, and I will come to ju...

Does my hon. Friend not agree that Turkey could never accede to the EU while it continues to occu...

I am just coming to the issue of Cyprus, but let me make the point that when we produced the repo...

The hon. Gentleman is making great play of the change of Government in France, which may indeed b...

I think it is wrong to say that they are just as implacably opposed. Germany would like a looser ...

Having just been back to Cyprus and on to Turkey and having had conversations on this issue, I do...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I share his assessment of the situation; I do not t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, before we talk about blockages by Turkey on issues such as energy...

I note what my hon. Friend has said. The report is careful not to take sides in the dispute betwe...

I acknowledge the package of legal reforms that my hon. Friend has just mentioned, but does he al...

My hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for the rights of women and children. The report does not ...

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Order. Will Members please resume their seats? We will now start a 12-minute limit, with the usua...

The Chairman of our Select Committee, the hon. Member for Croydon South (Richard Ottaway), made i...

Turkey has been a strong partner in NATO and a steadfast friend of this country and the rest of N...

I shall say something about NATO in a moment.

The position taken by the countries in the EU...

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But perhaps the hon. Gentleman can explain it to me.

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that Turkey is a proud nation, and being part of the European famil...

I am sure Turkey receives lots of advice, both partial and impartial, from lots of different quar...

The Turkish people should make that decision, and we should not hoodwink them into believing they...

Switzerland and Norway are smaller countries than Turkey. The Turkish people are very wise and th...

Ad interim, having the status of a Switzerland or a Norway would be useful. Switzerland is a memb...

I agree.

Turkey has an important regional role to play. There are currently some interestin...

I congratulate Ministers on the Treasury Bench on singling out the topic of UK-Turkey relations a...

I, too, have a taxi story, following the one from the hon. Member for North Dorset (Mr Walter). M...

One of the reasons why Turkey is such an exciting subject is that it is an exemplar not just for ...

I think that 10% or more of the cases in the European Court of Human Rights emanate from Turkey. ...

The central element is to focus on making sure—we in Britain have experienced this and people hav...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart). I lov...

I fear that the right hon. Gentleman inadvertently conflates two totally separate issues: first, ...

The electioneering language from then President Sarkozy and right-wing politicians in France was ...

The right hon. Gentleman mentions Cyprus. Will he acknowledge that Turkey has done an awful lot i...

Absolutely. Turkish foreign policy is innovative, flexible and open. We remember President Gul’s ...

I always think myself unlucky to follow the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr MacShane) in fore...

I welcome this debate, which has been initiated as a result of the hard work of the Foreign Affai...

I have chaired the all-party parliamentary group on Turkey since the beginning of this Parliament...

I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the debate. I am indeed a member of the group. I was recently inv...

There are not many benefits to being a Back Bencher, but one is that we can sometimes ruffle feat...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, as he has not been present for the whole deb...

I hear what my hon. Friend says. For many years, historians have tried to define genocide. He is ...

I yield to no one in my enormous respect for my colleague in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and hi...

I am pleased to be able to speak in this debate, which is on an interesting subject. It has been ...

I commend the Foreign Affairs Committee on its report and, indeed, the measured and sensible way ...

I am proud, as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, to be associated with its report.