ANKARA
Turkish parliament's Human Rights Committee on Thursday issued a joint statement, condemning the military coup in Egypt.
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) penned the joint statement.
The statement emphasized "the well-known characteristics of military coups embodying execution, torture, lengthy detention, false imprisonment and other violations of human rights and the fact that elected governance in democracies could only change hands with the pre-set rules."
"All other types of intervention are against democracy, law, and human rights. The coup witnessed in Egypt is just like several others that have disregarded democracy, rule of law and human rights. The government seized in an unauthorized manner, it should be granted its powers back immediately. All democratic institutions and individuals in the world must take a clear stand against such initiatives harboring potential human rights violations," the statement said.
"As the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Human Rights Committee, we condemn the military coup in Egypt, hope the government to return to power and such incidents would never happen again."
