An Istanbul court has ordered the newspaper Zaman, Turkey's best-selling daily newspaper, into administration, which is ‘deeply concerning’. Zaman is linked to a US-based preacher who is the arch-enemy of the Turkish president. The newspaper has a readership of 63,000+ and is strongly critical of the government. Its sister Today's Zaman is one of a few newspapers printed in English on paper and online. This latest action by a Turkish court, just months after the media conglomerate Koza Ipek was seized by authorities, has raised further alarm regarding press freedom in Turkey and the limitations placed on Turkish journalists. Last week, two opposition newspaper journalists were released from prison after being arrested for spying, when they reported that in January 2014 Turkey’s intelligence agency sent weapons to Islamist rebel groups in Syria, which were intercepted by security forces. Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul still face life sentences as they await their trial on 25 March.