UNITED
NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expressing concern at the
Turkish government's restrictions on individual rights under the state
of emergency imposed after a failed July 15 coup and "worrying reports"
of mistreatment of some military detainees.
U.N.
deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Ban told Turkey's Foreign Minister
Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone call Wednesday that he expects the
government to uphold its international human rights obligations
including freedom of expression, movement and peaceful assembly as well
as independence of the judiciary and legal profession.
Turkey
has detained more than 13,000 people in the military, judiciary and
other institutions in purges since the uprising and suspended tens of
thousands of other state employees.
Haq said Ban hopes Turkey "will transform this moment of uncertainty into a moment of unity" that preserves democracy.
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