The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted in favor of re-opening monitoring procedures in Turkey. The assembly's monitoring committee raised concerns over constitutional amendments that were approved this month in a national referendum amid a state of emergency.
Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made up of more than 300 members of national parliaments from Council of Europe countries, voted by 113 in favour and 45 against fresh monitoring in Turkey "until these concerns are addressed in a satisfactory manner", with 12 abstentions.
Separate to the European Union, the CoE is a human rights body of which Turkey is a member.
EU lawmakers will separately debate relations with Turkey on Wednesday. The bloc's foreign ministers will discuss the situation on Friday and EU leaders are also expected to exchange views when they meet over Brexit on Saturday.
The Turkish foreign ministry on Tuesday said it strongly condemned the "unjust decision", adding that Ankara was left with no choice but to reconsider its relations with the body.
