Turkish Police Raid Newspaper Headquarters After Government Takeover

 

Police forcefully entering Zaman headrquarters. (Source: Today's Zaman)
More images of Turkish police raiding those who were gathered outside the headquarters. (Source: Today's Zaman)
More images of the police raiding the newspaper headquarters. (Source: Today's Zaman)
The Turkish police raiding the Zaman headquarters and pepper spraying those who were standing outside it. (Source: Today's Zaman)

ISTANBUL(Today’s Zaman) — Police raided the headquarters of the Zaman Daily and used pepper gas against thousands late Friday after an Istanbul court appointed trustees to take over the management of the Feza Media Group, which includes Turkey’s biggest-selling newspaper, the Zaman daily, as well as the Today’s Zaman daily and the Cihan news agency. This takeover by the Turkish court deals a fresh blow to the already battered media freedom in Turkey.

Zaman employees waiting near the entrance said police immediately tear-gassed readers to disperse them without even delivering the court decision.

Employees shouted “free press cannot be silenced,â€

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