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CoE says Turkey not allowing elected mayors to take office undermines rule of law

Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjørn Jagland has written a letter to the head of Turkey’s election authority telling him that prevention of democratically...

European Council, TÜSİAD criticize latest detention of academics in Turkey

Secretary General of European Council Thorbjorn Jagland and president of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) Erol Bilecik have criticized the detention of...

[OPINION] Who invented Turkey’s State of Emergency Commission?

Ekrem Dumanlı Those who could afford a legal battle against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post-coup crackdown knocked on the doors of the country’s Constitutional...

Turkey’s Erdoğan trades in influence at the Council of Europe

Abdullah Bozkurt It was certainly not surprising to see that Turkey, led by the corrupt government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was mentioned in a...

[OPINION] Turkey blackmails Council of Europe, pursues ‘resort diplomacy’ to manipulate votes

Abdullah Bozkurt The Turkish government has ways and means of wooing members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) as well as...

Jagland expresses concern over arrest of rights activists in Turkey

Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, has expressed his concerns to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over the arrest of six...

Establishment of emergency rule commission may be finalized in July

The establishment of a commission that will hear complaints from people who have been affected by emergency rule that was declared in the aftermath...

Council of Europe’s Jagland in Ankara amid Turkish crackdown on opposition

At a time when the Turkish government has attracted widespread criticism for its recent crackdown on an opposition party and an opposition newspaper, Council...

CoE expresses concern about state of emergency measures in Turkey

Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland has released a statement expressing his concerns about the state of emergency and freedom of expression in...

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