Turkey Criticizes UN Rights Boss For Comments On Failed Coup
Turkey on Saturday criticized a top U.N. human rights official for saying Ankara should stem its "thirst for revenge" after a failed coup attempt and denied people's rights were being violated in a purge of officials and professional ranks.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Ankara this week to uphold the rights of detainees held since the July 15-16 abortive putsch.
Authorities have suspended, detained or begun investigating tens of thousands of soldiers, police, judges, journalists and civil servants.