The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Claim 632

Description of what the trustees did on taking control.

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

Statement
Description of what the trustees did on taking control.
Field
action
Value
New managers blocked journalists' access to servers and archives
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

the new managers took over the dailies' servers and archives and blocked journalists' access