(AGENPARL) – Mon 08 September 2025 Image
PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG054(2025)
Council of Europe Congress President welcomes release of Congress youth delegate from detention in Türkiye
“Enes Hocaoğulları was arrested, questioned, and placed in detention pending trial on the charges which relate specifically to a speech he made during a plenary debate held by the Congress in Strasbourg on 29 March 2025, on dismissals of mayors in Türkiye.
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities.
President of the Congress: Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Cecilia Dalman Eek (Sweden, SOC/G/PD).
Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
______________________
Council of Europe/Conseil de l’Europe, Avenue de l’Europe, Strasbourg, . 67000 France