Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey Programme Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) Programme of the fact-finding visit to Ankara and Istanbul (24-26 November 2008) Rapporteur: Mr Serhiy HOLOVATY, Chairman of the Monitoring Committee Secretariat: Ms Jane DINSDALE, Director, Political and Legal Affairs Directorate Ms Marine TREVISAN, Co-Secretary, Monitoring Committee Monday, 24 November 2008 08.30 Meeting with Council of Europe Ambassadors 10.00-11.00 Meeting with Mr Hasim KILIC, Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court 11.15-12.15 Meeting with Mr Hasan GERCEKER, Head of the Supreme Court of Cassation 12.30-14.00 Working lunch hosted by Mr Mevlut CAVUSOGLU, Head of the Turkish Delegation to the PACE 14.15-15.15 Meeting with Mr Abdurrahman YALCINKAYA, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court 15.30-16.15 Meeting with Mr Osman ÇAKIR, Deputy Chairman, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) 16.30-17.15 Meeting with M. Onür ÖYMEN, Vice-Chairman, and Mr Sükrü ELEKDA Ğ, Republican People’s Party (CHP) 17.30-18.15 Meeting with Mr Cüneyt YÜKSEL, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) 18.30-19.15 Meeting with Mr Ahmet TÜRK, President, Democratic Society Party (DTP) 20.30 Working dinner with Mr Roland SCHILLING, Deputy Representative, and Mr Wojciech TROJAN, Head of the Asylum Transition Planning Unit, UNHCR Office in Ankara Tuesday, 25 November 2008 10.15-11.15 Meeting with Mr Mehmet Ali SAHIN, Minister of Justice 12.00-13.00 Meeting with Mr Ali BABACAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs 13.15-13.45 Meeting with Mr Murat AKGUN, NTV Ankara 14.00-14.45 Meeting with Mr Be şir ATALAY, Minister of Interior 14.45-16.00 Meeting with the members of the High Council of Judges and Public Prosecutors 16.15-17.15 Meeting with Mr Enis BERBEROGLU, Hurriyet Daily News 19.00 Departure from Ankara to Istanbul Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09.00-10.00 Meeting with Chief Rabbi Ishak HALEVA 10.15-11.15 Meeting with Aram ATESYAN, Turkish Armenian Patriarchal Archbishop, Chairman of the Religious Council 12.00-12.45 Meeting with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW I 13.00-14.00 Lunch hosted by Mr Kadir TOPBAS, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor 14.30-15.30 Meeting with representatives of Ozgur Gundem newspaper 15.45-16.45 Meeting with Mr Ali KENANOGLU, Vice-President of the Alevi-Bektashi Federation 17.15-18.15 Meeting with Mr Ergun BABAHAN, Editor in chief, Sabah Daily News 18.00-20.00 Meeting with the representatives of NGOs: Mr Avi HALIGUA, Amnesty International Ms Emel KURM, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Mr. Serhan ARIKANOGLU, Chairman of the Progressive Lawyer Association .