The Turkish police used tear gas and water cannons against activists protesting against the transfer of the popular newspaper Zaman under external control, and burst into her office, reports Reuters.
Several thousand people gathered around publications office, and staff newspaper, they chanted “free press can not be silenced” and “Hands off my newspaper.” After the activists succeeded in driving, the police rushed to the editor.
On Friday, at the request of the public prosecutor in Istanbul court handed Zaman control of external administration. In October, the courts acted in a similar manner even with four Turkish editions, which were later to produce materials with a pro-government stance, said the Associated Press. Zaman Editor in Chief Abdulhamid Bilic has called the court decision “a black day for democracy” in Turkey.
The actions of the Turkish authorities have criticized western countries. The Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks said that he regarded them as “very serious interference in the freedom of the media, which should not prosihodit in a democratic society.” US State Department spokesman John Kirby described the situation as “alarming»
Zaman -. One of the largest newspapers in Turkey, with a circulation of 650 thousand copies by the end of February
Actions.. Turkish authorities linked to intensify the campaign against cleric Fetullaha Gulen since 1999 living in the United States. In December 2014 for an Gülen was detained by the then chief editor of Zaman Ekrem Dumanli
According to Ankara, supporters of Gulen in December 2013 accused of corruption of Turkish ministers and people close to President Recep Erdogan, with the aim of overthrow of the latter. Gülen’s movement became known as a terrorist organization, although cases of violence by his supporters never reported.
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