Reuters.com – Dec 14, 2:44 AM – ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police raided a television station and a newspaper close to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Sunday, detaining some people, media reports said, two days after President Tayyip Erdogan signaled a fresh
Turkish police raided the office of daily Zaman on early Dec. 14 two days after President Tayyip Erdoğan signalled a fresh campaign against Gülen’s supporters
Kılıçdaroğlu has described the operation, in which police raided a newspaper, as a ‘coup’
TUR21. Istanbul (Turkey), 14/12/2014.- Supporters of Fethullah Gulen Movement surround a car carrying Ekrem Dumanli (C) chief editor of Zaman newspapers after he was detained by police as a part of Turkish police operation targeting the media close to the Fethullah Gülen, in Istanbul, Turkey 14 December 2014. Early 14 December police simultaneously arrested broadcasters from a television station and a former anti-terrorism chief and journalists according to local media. (Turquía, Estanbul) EFE/EPA/ERDEM SAHIN
The use of the Prime Ministry position by current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the one-sided reports in the media gave him an unfair advantage compared to the other two candidates in the presidential election race in August, according to a new OSCE report
CHP has continued to give new examples of abuse of public office since the ruling AKP came to power in 2002
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