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Turkiye: Dogan Holding sells its media outlets to Demiroren
Turkiye's largest independent media group, including the newspaper Hurriyet and the broadcaster CNN Turk, was sold to the Demiroren conglomerate, a buyer with ties to the governing party, for a reported 1.1 billion dollars.
Funding and ownership pressure · Stage Silence · Head of government Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Sustained
Turkiye: court installs trustees at Zaman newspaper
An Istanbul court put Turkiye's best-selling newspaper, Zaman, and its parent company under trustees after ruling it supported a group the government called a terrorist organization. Police used tear gas on a crowd that gathered in support.
Funding and ownership pressure · Stage Silence · Head of government Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Sustained