Kurdish Students In Turkey And Mother Tongue Teaching (EDM627)

Kurdish Students In Turkey And Mother Tongue Teaching

EDM number 627 in 2001-02, proposed by John Austin on 08/01/2002.

That this House notes the demand of thousands of Kurdish students in Turkey who seek the right to study in the Kurdish language as an optional course of study; believes this should be seen as a fundamental human right; regrets the action being taken by the Turkish authorities, which includes threats of arrest, expulsion of some students from their educational institutions and threats to students' families; believes that this is yet another example of why Turkey is not fit to join the European Union; expresses support for Kurdish students in Turkey in their current struggle for education in their mother tongue; and calls on the European Parliament and the Council of Europe to exert maximum pressure on Turkey to allow mother-tongue teaching in schools, colleges and universities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Austin	08/01/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Proposed
Rudi Vis	08/01/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/01/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/01/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Lepper	09/01/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Meale	09/01/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	09/01/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/01/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/01/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Weir	09/01/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hywel Williams	09/01/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Caton	10/01/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	10/01/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	10/01/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/01/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/01/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/01/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	14/01/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/01/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adam Price	15/01/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew George	15/01/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	15/01/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	16/01/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Simon Thomas	16/01/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed

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