Europe rights official urges Turkey to heed rule of law

The most senior European official to visit Turkey since last month's attempted coup has urged Turkey to act according to the rule of law.

Thornbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, is meeting key government figures.

He said he understood Turkey's need to "take on those behind the coup" but urged it to adopt judicial safeguards.

More than 50,000 Turks have been detained or sacked over suspected links with the alleged mastermind.

But US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen denies any role in the attempted overthrow.

Turkish officials are expected to tell Mr Jagland the government is not getting sufficient support from its Western partners, say correspondents...
 BBC
3/8/16