Turkey raids top news channel in crackdown on opposition media
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Police raided Turkey's most-watched news channel, Halk TV, early Wednesday. The raid stopped broadcasts and placed a government-appointed administrator in charge of the network.
The move is the latest government action against media seen as supporting the opposition.
Halk TV chairman Cafer Mahiroglu called the raid on the broadcaster's Istanbul headquarters "a dark day for Turkey." The opposition and human rights groups also criticized the takeover.