Turkey

House of Lords written question – answered at on 5 March 2014.

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Photo of Lord Patten Lord Patten Conservative

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the religious freedoms of the Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews in Istanbul, Turkey.

Photo of Baroness Warsi Baroness Warsi Senior Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government), Senior Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Faith and Communities) (also in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

The UK has not made a specific assessment of the religious freedoms of the Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews in Istanbul, Turkey.

However we continue to discuss wider issues concerning Freedom of Religion and Minority Rights with our Turkish interlocutors and welcome the positive steps taken by the Turkish government in this area.

Together with our EU partners, we will continue to encourage further progress.

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