Jagland: Turkey ready to cooperate with CoE to investigate coup attempt
By Gunay Hasanova
Experts of the Council of Europe will meet with Turkish side to discuss the investigation of the failed military coup attempt.
“Turkey is ready to cooperate with the Council of Europe on this issue”, said Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Organization in an interview with newspaper Welt, RIA Novosti reported.
“Ankara intends to cooperate with the Council of Europe on the current process of coup investigation. Therefore, Europeans should make a contribution as well”, the newspaper quoted Jagland.
Jagland was one of the first European officials to visit Turkey after the coup attempt of July 15.
One of the key topics discussed in the meetings was cleansing of Turkey from Gulen supporters, who were involved in failed coup attempt.
Gulen is accused of leading a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming what is commonly known as the “parallel state”
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender on July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.
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