Riot police

The process leading to the appointment of a board of trustees to manage the Koza-?pek Group, which has seen 23 of its companies seized by a local court as part of a crackdown on followers of the government's ally-turned-nemesis Fethullah Gülen, is "entirely legal," Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has seemingly justified the appointment of a trustee board to manage the Koza-?pek group, 23 companies of which have been seized by a local court as part of a crackdown on followers of the government's ally-turned-nemesis Fethullah Gülen.

Police officers forcefully entered the Koza ?pek Holding headquarters in Ankara on Oct. 27 after a court ordered appointment of a trustee panel to the holding.

An Ankara court made the ruling Oct. 26 upon the request of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office days before the repeat general elections on Nov. 1. 

Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary's newly shut EU frontier on Sept. 16, while refugees at other Balkan borders clambered through cornfields in search of new routes. 

The Hungarian parliament on Friday adopted emergency legislation to stem an influx in migrants and refugees crossing its southern border with Serbia in an attempt to reach western Europe, AFP reported.

The new legislation will allow army and police to operate detention centres in registration camps and assist border guards in registering asylum applications.

Rioting erupted in Belfast during the annual Orange Order parade as police tried to block Protestant marchers from passing a Catholic housing estate, a return of the sectarian violence that has marred the traditionally emotive event in the past. 

Riot police in the Armenian capital early June 23 used water cannon to disperse several hundred demonstrators protesting a government hike in electricity prices, an AFP journalist reported.

Riot police and water cannons stood on alert on May 31 as Taksim Square and Gezi Park, alongside numerous roads and metro stations leading to Taksim, were closed to prevent gatherings called by Taksim Solidarity, a collective organization of several rights groups at the center of the Gezi Park protests, to commemorate the second anniversary of the nationwide anti-government protests. 

Riot police and water cannons stood on alert on May 31 as Taksim Square and Gezi Park, alongside numerous roads and metro stations leading to Taksim, were closed to prevent gatherings called by Taksim Solidarity, a collective organization of several rights groups at the center of the Gezi Park protests, to commemorate the second anniversary of the nationwide anti-government protests. 

A 21-year-old accused of ramming two men with his car ? killing one, aged 45, and injuring the other, 31 ? appeared before an Athens prosecutor on Monday.

The incident, which took place in the western Athens district of Egaleo on Friday following a brawl between the driver and the 31-year-old, sparked a vendetta between the two families, both Roma.