Looks like there will be no freedom of the press in Turkey.
Turkey's largest newspaper reopens under government control
By UPI Staff | March 6, 2016 at 12:19 PM
Supporters of Turkey's largest newspaper, Zaman, taken over Friday by authorities, leave flowers outside the doors to the offices. The newspaper pushed pro-government articles in its Sunday edition. Photo from Sevgi Akarcesme/Twitter.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 6 (UPI) -- Turkey's largest newspaper, taken over two days ago by authorities, is now carrying pro-government articles.
Sunday's Zaman front page carries an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the headline "Historic excitement about the bridge." The article said Erdogan will lay the last part of a third bridge across the Bosphorus – a bridge for rail and motor vehicles - that is near completion. A report that surfaced last year said the bridge may bear Erdogan's name.
The paper's staff which is pushing back, launched its own newspaper Sunday called Yarina Bakis, or Look to Tomorrow.
Former Zaman journalist Sevgi Akarcesme tweeted that it isn't just the staff that is skeptical about the newspaper's government take-over, as evidenced by bouquets of flowers left outside the Zaman offices.
Police raided Zaman's Istanbul offices Friday just hours after a court ruling put it under state control. Still, the newspaper's editors and reporters managed to get out a Saturday edition.
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Turkey's largest newspaper reopens under government control
By UPI Staff | March 6, 2016 at 12:19 PM
Supporters of Turkey's largest newspaper, Zaman, taken over Friday by authorities, leave flowers outside the doors to the offices. The newspaper pushed pro-government articles in its Sunday edition. Photo from Sevgi Akarcesme/Twitter.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 6 (UPI) -- Turkey's largest newspaper, taken over two days ago by authorities, is now carrying pro-government articles.
Sunday's Zaman front page carries an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the headline "Historic excitement about the bridge." The article said Erdogan will lay the last part of a third bridge across the Bosphorus – a bridge for rail and motor vehicles - that is near completion. A report that surfaced last year said the bridge may bear Erdogan's name.
The paper's staff which is pushing back, launched its own newspaper Sunday called Yarina Bakis, or Look to Tomorrow.
Former Zaman journalist Sevgi Akarcesme tweeted that it isn't just the staff that is skeptical about the newspaper's government take-over, as evidenced by bouquets of flowers left outside the Zaman offices.
Police raided Zaman's Istanbul offices Friday just hours after a court ruling put it under state control. Still, the newspaper's editors and reporters managed to get out a Saturday edition.
Continue reading at:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...s-largest-newspaper-reopens-under-government-
