A/HRC/44/14 8. On 15 July 2016, Turkey had faced a large-scale, brutal coup attempt perpetrated by the Fethullah terrorist organization (FETÖ), a clandestine terrorist organization that had tried to capture the Turkish State, killing 251 Turkish citizens and injuring over 2,000. 9. Faced with that situation, on 21 July 2016, the Turkish parliament had endorsed a state of emergency. As such, Turkey had resorted to the right to derogate from its obligations under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. However, throughout the state of emergency, Turkey had acted in line with its international human rights obligations and maintained its cooperation with international organizations. Several United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Council of Europe monitoring bodies had visited Turkey during that period. The state of emergency had been terminated on 19 July 2018 and all derogations had been revoked. 10. The close cooperation the country maintained with human rights mechanisms played a key role in overcoming challenges. A good example of that was the establishment of the Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures. The Commission had thus far issued 10,010 decisions to accept claims, the vast majority of which concerned reinstatements. 11. Since the end of the state of emergency, Turkey had focused on its reform agenda. In May 2019, President Erdoğan had announced a judicial reform strategy to improve the protection of fundamental freedoms and of the independence, impartiality and transparency of the judiciary. Turkey was also preparing a human rights action plan. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 12. During the interactive dialogue, 124 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 13. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Qatar, Yemen, Zambia, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, the Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, the Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Viet Nam, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, the State of Palestine, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Libya made recommendations. Angola, Mali and Serbia made statements. The complete version of the statements can be found in the webcast archived on the United Nations website.1 14. With regard to freedom of expression, the delegation of Turkey noted that a provision had been added to the anti-terror legislation as part of the first judicial reform package, with a view to ensuring that the expression of thoughts that did not go beyond news reporting or did not simply amount to criticism should not constitute an offence. It recalled, nonetheless, that freedom of expression was not an absolute right and did not protect terrorist propaganda, incitement to hatred or violence. Freedom of expression could be subjected to restrictions, as provided for in international human rights treaties. 1 See http://webtv.un.org/search/. 3