Chair of the Committee of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia Marina Kaljurand travelled to Ankara on 24-25 August to hold talks with Turkish officials at the highest level: she met with President R.T. Erdoğan, the President of the National Assembly İ. Kahraman, Prime Minister B. Yıldırım, the Minister for Foreign Affairs M. Çavuşoğlu and the Minister of Justice B. Bozdağ. Marina Kaljurand also met with representatives of opposition parties represented in the parliament.
Foreign Minister and Chair of the Committee of Ministers Kaljurand reiterated the Council of Europe’s very clear condemnation of the attempted coup and its support for democratically elected constitutional institutions. ”We have to do everything to maintain and strengthen the stability, security and prosperity of Turkey and Europe” she said. Minister Kaljurand also emphasized the need for transparent and impartial investigation, underlining that “it is important that Turkey respects the fundamental rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, especially the right to a fair trial,“