Excessive police force against demonstrators “has no place” in a democracy, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule told Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, urging a probe into a week of violent unrest in Turkey, a longtime EU hopeful.

Leader of National Unity Party (UBP) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Irsen Kucuk has resigned his post as required by law in the wake of his government’s downfall on Wednesday by a motion of no confidence.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic met on Thursday in Belgrade with the chief of EULEX in Kosovo, Bernd Borchardt. Dacic stated during the meeting “that the role of this mission is of exceptional