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Gunmen attack Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily office in Ankara

The file photo shows a man in Istanbul reading the Turkish daily Hurriyet. (AFP)

Gunmen have attacked the office of Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily in the capital, Ankara.

On Saturday, armed men shooting from inside a van carried out a drive-by attack on the daily’s office on Eskisehir Road.

There are no reports of any casualties, but the bullets shattered the glass windows of the building. The drive-by shooting is currently under police investigation.

The Hurriyet Daily News is one of the major Turkish newspapers. The headquarters of the daily is based at the Dogan Medya Tower in Istanbul, and has a satellite office in Ankara.

Hurriyet also has regional offices in Izmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters inside the country and abroad, all affiliated with Dogan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that are under the management of Dogan Media Group.

The paper is printed in six cities in Turkey as well as in Germany, and has a circulation of about 400,000 issues.


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