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The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has demanded three aggravated life sentences for each of the 30 former Zaman Media Group employees, including editors and columnists, on charges of having links to the Fethullah Gülen network, the main suspect behind last year's foiled coup attempt. 

Allegations that Doğan Holding sold land to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) at a cheap price as a favor to the Gülenists is false, the Doğan Group's deputy chairman responsible for corporate communications, Ahter Kutadgu, has said, commenting on recent reports by pro-government dailies Sabah and Takvim. 

A board of trustees has been appointed to run a Turkish broadcasting company and publishing houses over "strong evidence" of links to the to the Gülen Movement, the followers of U.S. based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

A trustee panel has been appointed to a news agency linked to U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who the Turkish president accuses of heading a "terrorist organization," days after a similar ruling led to the seizure of the Zaman media group. 

France's foreign minister said on March 7 that the decision by Turkish authorities to seize control of the country's largest newspaper was "unacceptable" and went against European values.

According to Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, the seizure of Zaman media group on March 4 has nothing to do with the press freedom under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government; rather, it was a decision by an independent court. He also claims that the probe against the Zaman group has the dimension to curb the support to the "parallel structure," i.e.

The country was preparing to learn what a "Turkish-style presidential regime" might mean but was instead given practical lessons on "Turkish-style critical media domestication."

The government played no part in a court decision to appoint trustees to the Zaman media group, the prime minister claimed March 6, one day after trustees seized control of the group amid a bloody police crackdown on protesters.

‘Shameful day for free press in Turkey’ writes the last edition of Zaman, while its supporters gathered outside the country’s top-selling newspaper were violently removed by Turkish police which fired tear gas and used water cannon on the crowd.

Several people have been injured in a second day protests in front of the headquarters of Zaman media group which was taken over by the Turkish government on Friday, some local media report.

State trustees were appointed in compliance with a court ruling to head the country's biggest newspaper in compliance with a court ruling, triggering a public backlash.