Turkey under review Council of Europe

strasbourg - The Council of Europe is examining Turkey as a result of the deterioration of human rights situation. Also the prosperous rule of law and the functioning of democracy are again under surveillance.

That has decided the parliamentary meeting of the Strasbourg-based organization on Tuesday. 113 MPs voted for and 45 against.

Since the last year's confused coup, the Turkish government has taken many measures that are in conflict with European values ​​that defend the Council of Europe. The parliamentarians also supported a call to release detained journalists and activists.

Turkey was also a subject of research until 2004. Not long after it was closed, the European Union opened negotiations on Turkish EU membership.

The European Union Council, which is separate from the EU, has 47 countries, including Russia and Turkey itself.