Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13868 Part 1 | 29 September 2015

The progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (October 2014-August 2015)

Signatories: Mr Ahmet Berat ÇONKAR, Turkey, EC ; Mr Süreyya Sadi BİLGİÇ, Turkey, EC ; Mr Reha DENEMEÇ, Turkey, EC ; Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Ms Tülin ERKAL KARA, Turkey, EC ; Mr Mustafa Sait GÖNEN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Ekmeleddin Mehmet İHSANOĞLU, Turkey, EC ; Mr Suat ÖNAL, Turkey, EC ; Mr Ali ŞAHİN, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2015 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 11.12, delete the following words:

"to establish a proper legal status for religious minorities,"

Explanatory note

In Turkey, religious minorities already have their proper legal status recognized by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.