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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (front row centre) poses with other delegates for a family photo during an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, December 2, 2021
THE Council of Europe is expected to decide today on whether to bring infringement proceedings against Turkey over its refusal to release jailed businessman Osman Kavala.
The rarely used mechanism could see a loss of voting rights or other sanctions against Turkey, although outright expulsion, which is being pressed by its critics, is thought to be unlikely.
The Committee of Ministers — the council’s decision making body — has been deliberating since Tuesday.
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