Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has strongly criticised the lack of press of freedom in Turkey. Crowe’s comments come after the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) made a presentation to the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee on the crackdown on media organisations and the arrests of journalists in Turkey. Deputy Crowe said: “I […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the arrest of the co-Mayors of the city of Diyarbakir, the capital of the Kurdish region in the southeast of Turkey. Deputy Crowe: “I want to wholeheartedly condemn the arrest of the Kurdish political representatives Gültan Kisanak and Firat Anli, the co-Mayors of Diyarnakir. These […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has strongly criticised the Turkish Government after 60 party executives from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and its sister party, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were arrested on 11 October. Deputy Crowe said: “The arrest of 60 party executives of the leftist and pro-Kurdish HDP […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has backed calls for a family member, lawyer, or political delegation, to be granted immediate access to visit Abdullah Öcalan in prison. Öcalan, a leading Kurdish activist, has been imprisoned on Imrali Island in Turkey since 1999. Held in isolation and solitary confinement, he was one […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed concern at Turkey’s recent military actions into Syria. Turkish warplanes, tanks and Special Forces crossed the border into Syria in the last couple of days to launch attacks, supposedly on an ISIS held Syrian border town. Crowe believes this escalation is a precursor to attacking Kurdish militants in the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called the EU’s Agreement with Turkey, which has started mass deportations from the EU to Turkey, as a capitulation to the forces of reaction in Europe. Crowe was speaking in the Dáil on Statements on the Refugee Crisis when he strongly criticised the agreement which […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, met with Kurdish activists in Leinster House to discuss the Turkish Government attacks on the opposition, their denial of basic political freedoms, the struggle for women’s rights, the refugee crisis, and EU-Turkish relations. Deputy Crowe said: “The cross party meeting today with Ms Ayse Gokkan was […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised the assassination of prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer, Tahir Elçi, in the Dáil today. Crowe also raised continued human rights violations in Turkey and the jailing of journalists. Deputy Crowe said: “Tahir Elçi was assassinated in broad daylight by a single bullet to the head. […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised his concerns over the recent bombings and attacks against Kurdish and left wing activists in Turkey with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, in the Dáil, and directly with the Turkish Ambassador in the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee. Deputy Crowe said: “I raised my […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised Turkey for carrying out attacks against PKK Kurdish fighters in the north of Iraq. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The peace process between the Turkish State and the PKK has largely held since 2013, but Turkey’s unilateral military strikes against the PKK have the potential […]
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