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Riot police stand guard outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, Turkey, October 28, 2015. Turkish police on Wednesday stormed the offices of an opposition media company, days before an election, in a crackdown on companies linked to a U.S.-based cleric and foe of President Tayyip Erdogan, live footage showed. Brawls broke out and police sprayed water cannon to disperse dozens of people in front of the offices of Kanalturk and Bugun TV in Istanbul, a live broadcast on Bugun's website showed. — Riot police stand guard outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building during a crackdown on companies linked to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 28, 2015. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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