COPENHAGEN, 15 August 2016 – A high-level delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be Ankara on 16-17 August to discuss the 15 July coup attempt and its aftermath. The delegation will be led by OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) and is planning to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahmaran, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The programme also includes meetings with parliamentary party representatives, various government institutions, and members of civil society.

WHAT: High-level visit to Turkey by leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
WHO: OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria), OSCE PA Vice-President Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), OSCE PA Vice-President Azay Guliyev (MP, Azerbaijan), Chair of the OSCE PA General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella, and Director of the Office of the OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Paul Bekkers
WHEN: Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 August 2016
WHERE: Ankara, Turkey
WHY: The purpose of the visit is to inform the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on the 15 July coup attempt and its aftermath.

For more information, including interview availabilities, please contact OSCE PA Programme Officer Loïc Poulain, who will be accompanying the delegation, at +45 6010 8963 or [email protected]. Media inquiries can also be directed to OSCE PA Head of Communications and Press Nat Parry, at +45 6010 8177 or [email protected]. Austrian media should contact Florian Steininger at +43 140 110 3862 or [email protected].