The European Union's foreign policy chief and Enlargement Commissioner have both urged Turkey to respect the rule of law, rights and freedoms after declaring a state of emergency following a failed military coup.
The EU is "concerned" about developments after Turkey imposed emergency rule earlier in the day and measures taken so far in the fields of education, judiciary and media are "unacceptable", Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn said in a statement.
Tens of thousands of public-sector workers have been sacked, suspended or detained as the government seeks to purge its bureaucracy of suspects behind the attempted intervention on 15 July. Officials blame a religious movement for the plot.
Any temporary suspension of the European Convention of Human Rights must follow the rules of derogation, they said without elaborating, after a Turkish deputy prime minister said Turkey would do so during emergency rule.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Turkey would follow France's example in suspending temporarily the European Convention on Human Rights following its declaration of a state of emergency.
President Recep Erdogan announced a three-month state of emergency late yesterday after last weekend's failed military coup, saying it would enable the authorities to act more efficiently to bring those responsible to justice.
The move was formally approved by the country's parliament this afternoon, with politicians backing it by 346 votes to 115.
France declared its own state of emergency following last November's attacks by Islamist militants in Paris.
In comments quoted by NTV, Mr Kurtulmus also said Turkey's state of emergency could end within one to one-and-a-half months.
He identified "structural and individual" intelligence failures during the coup attempt and also said that work was under way to restructure the army.
Mr Kurtulmus said Turkey would take the step "just like France has done under Article 15 of the convention," which allows signatory states to suspend certain rights during times of war or major public emergency.
Greek court gives suspended sentences to Turkish officers
A Greek court has sentenced eight Turkish military officers who fled last week's failed coup to suspended two-month prison terms.
The officers, sought by Turkey to face a military trial at home, have requested asylum in Greece and will remain in police custody until their cases on that issue are heard.
The men - three majors, three captains and two sergeant majors - landed in the northern border city of Alexandroupolis on Saturday after issuing a distress signal.
They were arrested and charged with illegal entry, and have sought political asylum.
"They believe that, one way or another, they will lose their lives (in Turkey)," said a lawyer representing four of the men, as they appeared in court with their faces covered.
"Regardless of whether the death penalty is imposed or not, they believe that in the end they will be killed," she said.
Turkey has branded the men "traitors" and "terrorist elements" and has asked Greece to extradite them.
Greece says it will examine their asylum requests quickly.
Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004 but President Tayyip Erdogan has told crowds of supporters chanting for the death penalty that such demands may be discussed in parliament.
The soldiers say they did not know a coup was under way and they were obeying orders by their superiors to transport the wounded from the streets to ambulances, their lawyers say.
They decided to flee when their Black Hawk helicopter came under fire by police. "They were in a state of emergency and that is why they entered Greek territory," a lawyer said.
"In any case, they entered Greece officially, meaning they landed officially at the airport, they disembarked and immediately requested political asylum."
Shock from coup 'largely done' - Simsek
Meanwhile, the initial shock from Turkey's failed coup is "largely done" and the risk to inflation is coming from a depreciation in the exchange rate, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said, after the lira plumbed a record low.
Investors battered the currency on news of a state of emergency, and after ratings agency S&P cut Turkey's sovereign rating. Investors are worried about the reach of the government crackdown following the coup.
Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Mr Simsek also said the decline in core inflation may be halted "temporarily" after the failed coup attempt because of currency weakness.
The lira hit a record low of 3.0970 against the dollar late last night.
