Council of Europe chief to visit Ankara

The Council of Europe's chief Thorbjorn Jagland will arrive in the Turkish capital Ankara on February 15 on a two-day working visit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

"Secretary General [Thorbjorn] Jagland was the first international figure to visit our country after July 15, [2016] to show his solidarity with our government and our people," the ministry said in a statement, referring to last year’s defeated coup attempt.

"The secretary general’s visit will be the third visit to our country after the coup attempt,” Hurriyet Daily cited the statement as saying,