Top European Union officials have sharply criticised a mass arrest of media representatives in Turkey.
Foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and the commissioner heading EU enlargement talks said the arrests went "against European values".
At least 24 people were arrested in police raids on a leading newspaper and TV station said to have close links with opposition parties.
Those detained are accused of trying to seize control of the state.
The Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu TV channel both have ties to US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement.
A former ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mr Gulen - who lives in self-imposed exile - is accused of running a "parallel state" within Turkey.
'Incompatible' with freedom
In a statement, Ms Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said any move towards EU membership depended on "full respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights".
The raids and arrests "are incompatible with the freedom of media, which is a core principle of democracy," the pair said in a statement.
"We expect that the principle of presumption of innocence will prevail and recall the inalienable right for an independent and transparent investigation."
A group of more than 300 hundred former Obama staffers have written an open letter urging Elizabeth Warren to run for president of the United States. "We helped elect Barack Obama -- now we're calling on Elizabeth Warren to run in 2016," the letter is titled.
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Hell, ANYBODY would.
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Just what we need - another first-term Senator from academia, with absolutely no business experience, and no other experience in elected office. What could possibly go wrong??
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In the next republic, the constitution needs the prohibition of anyone who's sat as a senator is ineligible to be president. Exposure no matter how slight is contamination. Park your ego in one place or the other. Make a choice.
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A group of more than 300 hundred former Obama staffers have written an open letter urging Elizabeth Warren to run for president of the United States. "We helped elect Barack Obama -- now we're calling on Elizabeth Warren to run in 2016," the letter is titled.
