‘Dark day for Turkey’: Pro-opposition TV channel boss slams police raid, broadcast halt

France 2414 October 2026, 09:09 UTCTurkey

Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run popular broadcaster Halk TV on Wednesday after police raided its headquarters, halting live broadcasts and arresting 11 people. Halk chairman Cafer Mahirogluin denounced "a dark day for Turkey", adding that seven of his family members were among those detained.

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