Kurdish TV raided in Turkey following order to close it down

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A pro-Kurdish television station says police have raided its headquarters and forced it off the air following an order for it to be shut down.

IMC-TV was one of 12 television stations ordered closed last week over alleged security threats, amid growing fears that the government is using a state of emergency declared to deal with the aftermath of a failed coup attempt to go after all government critics.

The station said on its website that police raided its headquarters in Istanbul during a live broadcast on Tuesday and sealed off the control room.

Station employees protested the raid, chanting, “free press is a right” and “free press cannot be silenced.”