05-03-2016 12:29 via news.yahoo.com

Anti-Erdogan newspaper defiant after dramatic seizure

Turkey's top-selling Zaman newspaper published a defiant edition Saturday warning of the "darkest days" in the history of the press after authorities seized control of its headquarters in a dramatic late-night raid by riot police. The swoop against the paper, staunchly opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, caused immediate concern in Washington and Brussels over declining media freedoms in Turkey, a key EU ally. Police fired tear gas and water cannon just before midnight Friday at a hundred
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