On 10 June 2026, The Left group in the European Parliament tabled six amendments to the draft 2025 Commission report on Türkiye, seeking to deepen the Parliament's critical stance with specific condemnations. The most significant proposals challenge Türkiye's designation as a safe country of origin and highlight land grants and blacklisting in Cyprus.
The amendments, all tabled by The Left group, target three main areas: human rights, Cyprus, and the failure to resume democratic reforms. Since no other political group proposed changes, the amendments implicitly challenge the consensus text, which The Left considers insufficiently forceful.
Key changes include Amendment 42, which directly contradicts the EU's current designation of Türkiye as a safe country of origin, citing widespread evidence of persecution and serious harm, and arguing this breaches the Asylum Procedure Regulation. This would have direct implications for asylum applications from Turkish nationals in EU member states.
Amendment 45 expresses concern over the granting of 6,000 acres of land in occupied Karpasia to Istanbul Technical University, framing it as an attempt to consolidate negative faits accomplis and undermine property rights and prospects for a Cyprus settlement. Amendment 46 condemns the blacklisting of Turkish Cypriot politicians, trade unionists, and journalists under codes N-82 and G-87, linking it to intimidation of those opposing Turkish government policies.
The remaining amendments (41, 43, 44) are procedural or stylistic, making minor textual adjustments without altering core policy direction.
The report, drafted by Nacho Sánchez Amor, will be debated and voted on in plenary. The amendments represent a push for a more uncompromising line on Türkiye, with potential impacts on EU-Türkiye relations, asylum policy, and Cyprus negotiations. Stakeholders affected include Turkish nationals seeking asylum in the EU, Turkish Cypriot civil society, EU member states' asylum authorities, and the EU's diplomatic engagement with Türkiye.