Europe | Exit strategy
Turkey’s president picks a fight with the Council of Europe
Will Recep Tayyip Erdogan quit a body that criticises his opponents’ trials?
|ISTANBUL
FOR 73 YEARS Turkey has been a member of the Council of Europe, the organisation established in 1949, long before there was a European Union, to protect fundamental human rights on European soil in the wake of the second world war. Recent developments suggest it may not be a member for much longer.
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