Female journalists accepted red roses from Turkey’s prime minister – just days after the country’s biggest newspaper was taken over by the authorities.<br /><br /> Zaman, previously linked to an opponent of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been running pro-government articles since the seizure last Friday (March 4).<br /><br /> The footage shows Ahmet Davutoglu, together with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, handing the flowers to female journalists to mark International Women’s Day.<br /><br /> Reporters Without Borders, who earlier told Euronews that press freedom in Turkey was in a disastrous state, said the footage showed a gulf opening up between pro-government and independent journalists.<br /><br /> Johann Bihr, head of RSF’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk, said: “There are many pro-government journalists in Turkey, and most of them don’t share the concerns of their colleagues of the independent and opposition media.<br /><br /> “Actually, some segments of the pro-government press are even increasingly a
