ANKARA, 23 June 2018 – The international observers for the early presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 25 June, in Ankara. The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the

***Media Advisory*** (Türkçesi aşağıdadır) BRIEF PHOTO & INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY on ELECTION DAY with OSCE OBSERVERS Peter Osusky and Ignacio Sanchez Amor open the parliamentary briefings in Ankara, 22 June 2018 ANKARA, 22 June 2018 – The Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE’s short-term observation mission for Turkey’s early presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr. Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), and the Head of the OSCE PA Delegation of

ANKARA, 21 June 2018 – In response to the decision by the Turkish authorities to deny entry to German parliamentarian Andrej Hunko and Swedish parliamentarian Jabar Amin, who had been appointed as members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s election observation mission to the 24 June elections in Turkey, Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observer mission Ignacio Sanchez Amor and Head of the OSCE PA Mission Peter Osusky today issued

Ignacio Sanchez Amor COPENHAGEN, 19 June 2018 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today criticized the U.S. government’s violation of human rights and humanitarian standards in its treatment of migrants – and especially migrant children – attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. “It should go without saying that attempts to enforce border security should not result in

COPENHAGEN, 18 June 2018 – Welcoming the signing on Sunday of an agreement between Athens and Skopje over a long-running name dispute between the two OSCE countries, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today congratulated the governments for taking a major step forward in resolving the disagreement. He thanked the mediators for their work, congratulated Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev for their

Ad Hoc Committee on Migration Chair Nahima Lanjri visiting Refugee Aid Miksalište in Belgrade, 10 June 2018 BELGRADE, 12 June 2018 – Improvements in the accommodation of migrants and refugees in Serbia have been welcomed by a delegation led by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Nahima Lanjri (MP, Belgium), with parliamentarians noting that other OSCE countries can learn from these positive developments. They pointed out however that Serbia’s