Always disgruntled over the US State Department’s annual country report on human rights, which highlights allegations of torture and maltreatment by the Turkish police against terror suspects, the US Senate’s report on CIA tortures appears to have given Ankara a rare opportunity to hit back at Washington.
Turkey is the only NATO ally that has come out to officially condemn the United States, albeit in diplomatic terms, and to call for American officials who authorized the use of torture against Muslim suspects to be brought to justice. Ankara also says it is investigating whether Turkish citizens were detained and unlawfully tortured by the CIA.
