Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) party, has come under fire after imposing a $2.5bn fine on the country's largest media group, Dogan Yayin, a conglomerate of newspapers and television stations.<br /><br />The group's parent organisation, Dogan Holding, is owned in part by a Turkish businessman, Aydin Dogan, who has been an outspoken critic of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister.<br /><br />Public opinion remains divided on whether it is an attempt to muzzle the press or a matter of punishing the group for alleged tax evasion - a penalty that could result in Dogan Yayin going out of business.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports.
