Turkey arrests head of opposition newspaper

[WorldNews]

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Turkey on Friday detained the board chairman of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, the target of an intensifying crackdown since July's failed coup which has further fuelled tensions between Ankara and Europe. Akin Atalay was taken into custody at Istanbul's main international airport after arriving from Germany, said Cumhuriyet, which also saw nine of its staff arrested last week amid swelling concern over media freedom in Turkey. The paper has in recent years taken a strong line against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

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