Turkey media arrests: Mogherini leads EU criticism
Zaman's editor-in-chief waved to staff while being arrested by counter-terror police
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.
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