Turkey in the Council of Europe

Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe.[1][2] Membership is obligatory for joining the European Union. As of 2023^[update] Turkey has nearly a third of the cases pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).[3]

See also

• Armenia in the Council of Europe
• Azerbaijan in the Council of Europe
• Greece in the Council of Europe

References

1. "Council of Europe".
2. "Home - Council of Europe Programme Office in Ankara - www.coe.int". Council of Europe Programme Office in Ankara. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
3. "Turkey's president picks a fight with the Council of Europe". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-12-06.

Further reading

• Constas, Dimitris C. (1982). "Turkish Affair: A Test Case for the Council of Europe, The". Legal Issues of Economic Integration. 9: 69–87. doi:10.54648/LEIE1982008.
• Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin; Coffey, Donal K. (2019). "Suspension and Expulsion of Members of the Council of Europe: Difficult Decisions in Troubled Times". International & Comparative Law Quarterly. 68 (2): 443–476. doi:10.1017/S0020589319000101. ISSN 0020-5893.
• Soyaltin-Colella, Digdem (September 2021). "(Un)Democratic change and use of social sanctions for domestic politics: Council of Europe monitoring in Turkey". International Political Science Review. 42 (4): 484–500. doi:10.1177/0192512120927120.