Editorial policy of Gülen-linked dailies turns 180 degrees after caretakers take over

The editorial policy of dailies Bugün and Millet, which belong to the Koza ?pek group that recently was assigned caretakers by the government, have changed their editorial policy in one night, going from anti-government to pro-government. 

Meanwhile, journalists, whose names were handed to the police standing at the headquarters in Istanbul, were not allowed inside the building and were fired. 

The Bugün daily was printed with the headline "Public on the square," on Oct. 30, the first newspaper edition after a panel of administrators took over the daily's managing board, while Millet was published under the title "Turkey under one heart," with both cover pages showing photos of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an from Republic Day celebrations. 

"Robbery with trustee panel," was Bugün's headline on Oct. 29, while Millet had its headline as "Bloody coup against free media," both of which were not published as the new caretakers had blocked their publication.
 
Meanwhile, some Bugün employees published an alternative cover page for their daily, changing its name to "Free Bugün," via Twitter, with the headline of "Slaughter of the caretakers" and a photo showing a caretaker firing a journalist who had defended the Oct. 29 edition of the daily, which the caretaker had referred to as "disgraceful."

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Oct. 26 ordered the Koza-?pek Group to be placed under the management of a trustee panel while an investigation continues into the group's purported ties to U.S.-based scholar Fethullah Gülen, a former government ally. 

Istanbul police used force on Oct. 28 to enter the headquarters and seize control of media outlets owned by the Koza ?pek Group, dramatically breaking into the main...