State swoop on top newspaper Zaman seen as crackdown on media freedom and supporters of anti-Erdoğan US-based clericTurkish riot police have fired plastic bullets and teargas to disperse protesters who gathered external the country’s top-selling newspaper the day after it was seized by authorities in a violent raid.[br]The swoop on Zaman in Istanbul raised fresh concerns over declining media freedoms in Turkey – a key EU ally – ahead of a visit by the country’s prime minister,Ahmet Davutoğlu, to Brussels on Monday for a crucial summit assembly with EU leaders.
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Source: theguardian.com