U.S. calls decision by Turkey to seize newspaper 'troubling'


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  • Saturday, 05 Mar 2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday called the decision by Turkish authorities to seize control of the country's largest newspaper "troubling."

"We see this as the latest in a series of troubling judicial and law enforcement actions taken by the Turkish government targeting media outlets and others critical of it," State Department spokesman John Kirby told a news briefing.

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