In my capacity as chairman of the Socialist delegation which visited Turkey, on Monday evening, after speaking to the Prime Minister, Mr Ecevit, to raise the situation of Mr Birdal and Mrs Zana, and to express our concern - and I would like to point out that we were able to receive the first report which is being discussed by the Turkish government on adapting the Turkish constitution and legislation to the Copenhagen criteria - we held a meeting in the Commission' s headquarters in Ankara with representatives of the NGOs, including Mr Birdal, who participated very actively in the meeting.
Efter at jeg som leder af den socialdemokratiske delegation, der besøgte Tyrkiet, havde talt med premierminister Ecevit, mindet om hr. Birdals og fru Zanas situation og givet udtryk for vores standpunkt - og jeg kan fortælle, at vi fik mulighed for at modtage den første rapport, som den tyrkiske regering er i gang med at diskutere om tilpasningen af den tyrkiske forfatning og lovgivning til Købenshavnskriterierne - holdt vi mandag aften et møde i Kommissionens sæde i Ankara med repræsentanter for ngo'erne, deriblandt hr. Birdal, som deltog meget aktivt i mødet.