Turkish newspaper takeover
Demonstrators run as Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse supporters of the Zaman newspaper in front of its headquarters in Istanbul on March 5, 2016, after a court ordered the seizure of the paper’s parent company by government trustees.
The Turkish government takeover of the media company that owns Zaman, the nation’s best-selling newspaper, prompted protests March 4 and 5, 2016, outside the newspaper’s headquarters in Istanbul. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons and forced entry into the building.
