§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What representations they have made to the Government of Turkey about the sentence of 13 months' imprisonment passed by a Turkish court on Mr. Oral Calislar, a columnist for the newspaper Cumhuriyet, for two 1993 interviews with Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK. [HL2658]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanWe have repeatedly made clear to the Turkish Government our condemnation of the prosecution of individuals, and particularly journalists, for the non-violent expression of their views, but we have not raised the specific case of Mr. Calislar with the Turkish authorities.