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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Turkey Police Move Against Media Ahead of Poll

Turkey Police Move Against Media Ahead of Poll

Jamie Dettmer

September 01, 2015 9:59 AM
ISTANBUL—

Turkish police launched a series of raids Tuesday on businesses owned by a major media company in what now appears to be the start of a fresh crackdown on newspapers and broadcasters critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist Justice and Development Party, or AKP, say rights groups.

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