“This is a day of shame for Turkey,” “They put the constitution”, “Zaman never stops” – chanted demonstrators.
Before Edited gathered – according to Reuters – about 2 thousand. people; they were mostly women. They protested against the decision of the court in Istanbul on the inclusion of the newspaper supervision.
“Zaman”, hostile to Islamic conservatives, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish newspaper showing the largest in Turkey circulation, the decision of the court was on Friday placed under the supervision of government, which immediately sent to the editors of several of its representatives.
Editorial she could prepare the special edition, which appeared in Saturday morning. At first, turns black page of the newspaper appear the two words written in white letters: “day of infamy” and underneath, “The Constitution was suspended.”
Source: RUPTLY / x-news
US court decision defined as “disturbing”. – We take it as another in a series of troubling legal steps taken by the Turkish government against the media and other critics of authority – said State Department spokesman John Kirby.
He stressed that the Turkish authorities must guarantee freedom of the press. “In a democratic system can not suppress critical opinion, on the contrary – you have to expose them,” – said Kirby.
Fight in power
Zaman media group has its own news agency Cihan and is considered similar to a political opponent of Erdogan, the imam Fethullah Guelena.
Gulen, who lives in the US, is in Turkey tried in absentia. He is accused of attempting to overthrow Erdogan, who was once an ally, by creating, as defined by the Turkish authorities, “parallel state” and putting his supporters for key positions in state institutions, including the police and judiciary.
Since the outbreak in Turkey corruption scandal, which in late 2013 has shaken the peaks of power, Fethullah Gulen has become enemy number 1 President and Prime Minister Erdogan earlier.
A total of detained approx. 1.8 thousand. people suspected of belonging to the net associated with Gülen.
promoting a moderate form of Islam Gulen manages an extensive network of schools, non-governmental organizations and the media; conducive to Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) until the public comment Gulenowi War by the then Prime Minister in December 2013.
The European Union has to move on Monday, during a summit with Turkey, the issue of state interference in the activities of the Turkish opposition newspaper.
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