BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A record $2.51 billion tax fine imposed by Turkey on media group Dogan Yayin could affect the next progress report on Ankara's European Union entry bid, the EU's executive arm said on Thursday.
"When the sanction is of such magnitude that it threatens the very existence of an entire press group, like in this case, then freedom of the press is at stake," a spokesman for the European Commission said.
"The Commission will convey its concerns to the Turkish authorities and obviously also will take due account of this latest development in the forthcoming Progress Report to be adopted on October 14," he said. (Reporting by David Brunnstrom, Editing by Dale Hudson)