# Claim 533

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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2016-turkiye-zaman-trustees-installed)
- Source: CPJ writes to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu to protest takeover of Feza media group. https://cpj.org/2016/03/cpj-writes-to-turkish-pm-ahmet-davutoglu-to-protes/
- 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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/533. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.