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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Stamp Out Ignorance December 27-29, 2013 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)33. EU VOICES CONCERN OVER TURKISH GRAFT SCANDAL
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- European officials urged Turkey to handle a deepening corruption scandal in a transparent manner on Saturday, amid some concerns that the government was trying to stifle an investigation that has targeted people close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan this week reshuffled his Cabinet and fired key ministers after 24 people, including the sons of two former ministers, were arrested on bribery charges.
But the Turkish leader has also alleged his government is the victim of a foreign and local plot to destabilize Turkey and has taken steps which opponents say aims to impede the investigation, including the removal of police officers from posts. Erdogan had also changed police regulations to ensure that corruption probes are funneled through top police and judicial close to the government, but a Turkish high court overturned that move.
An estimated 4,000 people meanwhile, gathered in central Ankara on Saturday for a protest organized by a civil servants' union, calling on the government to step down over the scandal and chanting: "May the thieves' hands be broken!"
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- European officials urged Turkey to handle a deepening corruption scandal in a transparent manner on Saturday, amid some concerns that the government was trying to stifle an investigation that has targeted people close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan this week reshuffled his Cabinet and fired key ministers after 24 people, including the sons of two former ministers, were arrested on bribery charges.
But the Turkish leader has also alleged his government is the victim of a foreign and local plot to destabilize Turkey and has taken steps which opponents say aims to impede the investigation, including the removal of police officers from posts. Erdogan had also changed police regulations to ensure that corruption probes are funneled through top police and judicial close to the government, but a Turkish high court overturned that move.
An estimated 4,000 people meanwhile, gathered in central Ankara on Saturday for a protest organized by a civil servants' union, calling on the government to step down over the scandal and chanting: "May the thieves' hands be broken!"
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