ANKARA - The Turkish foreign ministry on Tuesday said it strongly condemned the 'unjust decision' of a European rights body to put it on a monitoring watchlist, adding that Ankara was left with no choice but to reconsider its relations with the body. 'Deciding to re-open the monitoring procedure on Turkey... under the guidance of malicious circles at the PACE is a disgrace to this organ, which claims to be the cradle of democracy,' the ministry said in a statement, adding that xenophobia and Islamophobia were 'spreading with violence' across Europe. The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has put Turkey on a monitoring watchlist, citing concerns over what they say is the stifling of dissent and rights violations under President Tayyip Erdogan as he concentrates power
