Turkish police fire tear gas amid protests over newspaper raid

Video. Turkish police fire tear gas amid protests over newspaper raid

Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic pellets to disperse thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the country’s biggest newspaper, “Zaman” after the authorities seized control of it.

Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic pellets to disperse thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the country’s biggest newspaper, “Zaman” after the authorities seized control of it.

Dozens of people were overcome by the gas and collapsed onto the street as they tried to flee the scene.