IstanbulHalk TV’s live feed went dark at 6:30 a.m.

Opposition leader Ozgur Ozel says a trustee now controls a channel watched by millions.

Hundreds of police blocked entry while a trustee delegation refused editor Suat Toktas’s request to keep broadcasting, a Halk TV programmer said.

Authorities have not said why police searched the building or appointed a trustee.

Neither Halk TV nor authorities have said when live broadcasts resume.

How each outlet framed it
Daily Maverick leans critical
reports the 6:30 a.m. cutoff and the trustee appointment, with the editor-in-chief's failed plea to continue broadcasting

Sources: Daily Maverick