French, German and EU officials have criticised Turkey after a week of "shocking" police violence.
Markus Loning, the human rights supremo in Germany's foreign ministry, said in a statement on Thursday (6 June): "The large number of people who have been arrested and injured is shocking. I urge the Turkish government to end its inappropriate violence."
He said Ankara should "immediately free" detained protesters, whom he described as exercising "their fundamental rights of freedom ...
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