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03-06-2016, 07:27 PM
Erdogan’s latest media takeover is about more than just one newspaper
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ISTANBUL—This week, the world once again witnessed (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/turkey-seizes-opposition-newspaper/) Turkish riot police fire tear gas and water can**ns on a crowd of protesters as the government took over Turkey’s top selling newspaper, Zaman, seeking to eradicate the country’s last remaining effective voice of criticism in the press.
See also: How Erdogan strangles media freedom in Turkey: A view from inside (http://mashable.com/2015/10/30/journalists-in-turkey-are-under-attack/)
As the tear-gassed crowd was pushed away with water can**ns on Friday, the police in riot gear entered the media group and threw out all the journalists, editors and staff, including the editor-in-chief. Close to 1,000 riot police was deployed in the raid and were placed inside building with guns Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/erdogans-latest-media-takeover-is-about-more-than-just-one-newspaper/)
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ISTANBUL—This week, the world once again witnessed (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/turkey-seizes-opposition-newspaper/) Turkish riot police fire tear gas and water can**ns on a crowd of protesters as the government took over Turkey’s top selling newspaper, Zaman, seeking to eradicate the country’s last remaining effective voice of criticism in the press.
See also: How Erdogan strangles media freedom in Turkey: A view from inside (http://mashable.com/2015/10/30/journalists-in-turkey-are-under-attack/)
As the tear-gassed crowd was pushed away with water can**ns on Friday, the police in riot gear entered the media group and threw out all the journalists, editors and staff, including the editor-in-chief. Close to 1,000 riot police was deployed in the raid and were placed inside building with guns Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/06/erdogans-latest-media-takeover-is-about-more-than-just-one-newspaper/)
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