Turkey rejects UN allegations of rights abuse

‘Turkey has rejected allegations of rights abuse made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticizing him for the unacceptable remarks.
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a statement on Saturday that Ankara has respected the rights of people in the crackdown on officials suspected of being involved in the abortive coup of July 15.
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, the UN human rights chief, has called on the Turkish government to uphold the rights of detainees under arrest since mid-July, saying Ankara should stem its “thirst for revenge.”’
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