Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about (1) the curfews in the Sur neighbourhood of Diyarbakir City and imposed on 19 villages in Bitlis Province, and (2) reports of unlawful killings in north Istanbul and near Mardin.

We are aware that curfews have been put in place across Diyarbakir province as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, whereas those in Bitlis province are security-related. We follow the security situation?in?Turkey closely, especially in the south-east. We regularly emphasise to the Turkish Government the need to respect human rights, and to support the rule of law in any security operations. We will continue to engage the Turkish Government on these issues and be clear in our expectation that Turkey live up to its human rights obligations, which is essential to the long-term health of Turkish democracy.