330. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to fact that the Turkish interior ministry has now declared 370 NGOs and associations which were operating legally inside Turkey to be closed down; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that 199 of these NGOs were Kurdish organisations that form an essential component of Kurdish civil society and have been providing vital services such as legal advice, help for prisoners and their families, assistance to women victims of violence and promoting Kurdish cultural activities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations such as the Peace Association of Turkey were also targeted; and if he will condemn this attempt to eradicate all traces of independent civil society and raise the issue with his Turkish counterpart. [35965/16]

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330. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to fact that the Turkish interior ministry has now declared 370 NGOs and associations which were operating legally inside Turkey to be closed down; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that 199 of these NGOs were Kurdish organisations that form an essential component of Kurdish civil society and have been providing vital services such as legal advice, help for prisoners and their families, assistance to women victims of violence and promoting Kurdish cultural activities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations such as the Peace Association of Turkey were also targeted; and if he will condemn this attempt to eradicate all traces of independent civil society and raise the issue with his Turkish counterpart. [35965/16]

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