Saturday’s edition of the paper said Turkey’s press had experienced “one of the darkest days in its history”.

An Istanbul court appointed trustees to take over the management of the Feza Media Group which includes Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper the Zamandaily as well as the Today's Zaman daily and the Cihan news agency dealing a fresh blow to the already battered media freedomin Turkey.

Police in riot gear pushed back Zaman supporters who stood in the rain outside its Istanbul office where they waved Turkish flags and carried placards reading ‘Hands off my newspaper’ before they were overcome by clouds of tear gas.

Officers then forcibly broke down a gate and rushed into the building. The footage showed them scuffling with Zaman staff inside the offices. Read More