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Turkish police used gas and rubber against protestors outside a newspaper. The demonstrators were protesting against the of Turkey's best- newspaper, Zaman, by Turkey's government. Zaman supported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but then it became a big . Authorities say Zaman has to a Muslim , who the government says planned a to remove President Erdogan.

The takeover of Zaman has got Europe about Turkey joining the European Union. Germany's affairs committee said, "the action against a newspaper" and "the fact that the government takes over the whole paper is a severe …against the freedom of ". Zaman's English newspaper said: "Our [] headline is about us…and that should give an about the kind of in the country. There's no of law left in Turkey."

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