(coe.int) - Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, will tomorrow begin a four-day contact visit to Turkey to discuss human rights issues with senior government leaders, judicial authorities and civil society representatives.
In the course of the visit, he will meet Abdullah Gul, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murat Baseskioglu, the Minister for Labour and Social Security, and Nimet Cubukcu, the Minister for Family Affairs and Women, reports Trend.
Mr Hammarberg will also hold discussions with the President of the Constitutional Court, the Acting President of the Court of Cassation, and the Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission in the National Assembly. In addition, his agenda includes meetings with religious leaders, legal experts as well as leading human rights NGOs.
The Commissioner will speak to the media at a press conference at the Hotel Limak Ambassadore in Ankara at 17h00 on Friday 3 November.