International election observers in Turkey to hold press conference on Monday

ANKARA, 5 June 2015 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Turkey will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 8 June, in Ankara.

The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

The statement will be delivered by Vilija Aleknaitė Abramikienė, Special Co-ordinator and Leader of the Short-Term OSCE Observer Mission, followed by Tiny Kox, Head of the PACE Delegation, Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Head of the OSCE PA Delegation, and Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission.

This common endeavour comprises 128 observers from 33 countries, including 59 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA, 36 long-term observers and experts from the OSCE/ODIHR, and 35 parliamentarians and staff from PACE.

Live stream of the press conference is available at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/turkey-parliamentary-press-conference, on the OSCE/ODIHR homepage at //www.osce.org/odihr, and on the OSCE PA homepage at www.oscepa.org.

Journalists are invited to attend the news conference on Monday, 8 June, at 13:30, in Kavaklidere rooms 1 and 2 of the Ankara HiltonSA Hotel, Kavaklidere Mh., Tahran Caddesi 12, Ankara.

For further information contact:

Richard Solash, OSCE PA, +90 (0)539 925 5962 or +45 60 10 83 80, richard@oscepa.dk

Thomas Rymer, OSCE/ODIHR, +90 (0)539 924 6115 or +48 609 522 266, thomas.rymer@odihr.pl

Nathalie Bargellini, PACE, +90 (0)534 054 8924 or +33 (0) 6 65 40 32 82, nathalie.bargellini@coe.int