The seemingly endless battle between the government and Turkey’s most prominent media mogul, Aydin Dogan, who is also US President Donald Trump’s business partner, grew nastier today after he was summoned to appear in court over accusations of fuel smuggling.

The orders came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted Dogan’s flagship Hurriyet newspaper over a story it ran hinting at tensions between the government and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). “This is insolence,” Erdogan railed before flying to Pakistan yesterday.

He said the newspaper had tried to sow discord between the government and the armed forces. “They will pay the price,” he warned. And so they are. 

Shares in Dogan Holding, which also has interests in energy, construction and real estate, continued to tumble today, closing 4.2% lower on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Hurriyet closed 1.4% lower as senior officials continued to skewer Dogan over the article. The piece had suggested, among other things, that the TSK was not consulted on the government’s recent move to allow women in service to wear the Islamic-style headscarf.