Turkish authorities arrest 23 critics of Erdogan

Turkish police have made at least 23 arrests during raids on a newspaper and TV station with close ties to US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, BBC reports.

Those detained are accused of forming an illegal organisation and trying to seize control of the state.

Mr Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, is a rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan responded to EU criticism of the arrests by urging Europe not to intervene in Turkey's affairs.