ANKARA - Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Watch Commission members will leave for Germany on February 10th.
The commission is comprised of chairman Zafer Uskul, Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy Halide Incekara, AK Party deputy Mustafa Atas, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy Mehmet Ekici and Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputy Akin Birdal.
The commission will get together with Turkish citizens and journalists over dinner on February 10th.
On February 11th, the Turkish commission will meet the chairman of the Baverian Parliament Constitution, Rights and Parliamentary Problems Commission Frans Schindler and commission member Herbert Ettengruber. After observing the Aichach Prison, the Turkish commission will proceed to Cologne.
On February 12th, the Turkish commission will visit the Rheinbach Prison. The Turkish Commission will meet Turkish inmates at the prison. Later, the Turkish Commission will hold talks with the representatives of Turkish associations and citizens at the Turkish Consulate General in Cologne.
On February 13th, the Turkish commission will proceed from Cologne to Dusseldorf. The Turkish commission will meet the deputy speaker of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia and chairman of the NRW Parliament-Turkish Parliament Friendship Group Oliver Keymis.
The Turkish commission will visit the Dusseldorf Prison.
The Turkish commission will proceed from Dusseldorf to Berlin on February 13th.
On February 14th, the Turkish commission will meet German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and State Minister in charge of Migration and Integration Dr. Maria Bohmer.
The Turkish commission will meet chairperson of the German Federal Parliament Human Rights Commission Herta Daeubler-Gmelin and chairperson of the Parliamentary Interior Affairs Commission Sebastian Edathy.
On February 15th, the Turkish commission will visit the Tegel Prison.
The Turkish commission will meet the deputy speaker of the Berlian State Parliament Karin Seidel Kalmutzki and deputies with Turkish backgrounds.
On the same day, the Turkish commission will meet Senator Gisela Von Der Aue and listen to the problems of Turkish citizens in the evening.
The Turkish commission will return to Turkey on Saturday, February 16th.
If time permits, the Turkish commission will also pay a visit to the city of Ludwigshafen where nine Turks lost lives in a building fire on February 3rd.