EU urges Turkey to investigate use of force against protestors
Erdogan takes combative stand on return
Turkey must investigate whether police used excessive force in a crackdown on days of anti-government demonstrations and hold those responsible to account, European Union enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele said today.
“Peaceful demonstrations constitute a legitimate way for ... groups to express their views in a democratic society. Excessive use of force by police against these demonstrations has no place in such a democracy,” Mr Fuele said in a speech at a conference attended by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
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