Speeches get underway at the conference

The Fifth International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds was launched at the European Parliament in Brussels today, with opening remarks by Kariane Westrheim, the Chair of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) which hosts the event.

Comments followed from, among others, Vice President of the European Parliament Luisa Morgantini and EUTCC patron and 1995 Sakharov Prize winner Leyla Zana.