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Description of the police response outside the newsroom.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Description of the police response outside the newsroom.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Police used tear gas and water cannons on supporters
About: incident 2016-turkiye-zaman-trustees-installed
Source: CPJ writes to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu to protest takeover of Feza media group
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-03-08

Quotation from the source

police used tear gas and water cannons against journalists and protesters who gathered to support them