Thursday, December 26, 2013

Corruption Scandal Rocks The Turkish Government


Hit By Scandal And Resignations, Turk PM Names New Ministers -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday after three members quit over a corruption scandal that has posed an unprecedented challenge to his 11-year rule.

The crisis erupted on December 17 when dozens of people, including of the head of state-run Halkbank, were arrested on graft charges. Erdogan responded by purging police investigators. The ensuing feud with the judiciary reignited long-simmering street protests and rattled foreign investors.

Earlier on Wednesday, three ministers who had sons among those detained resigned. Two of them echoed Erdogan in depicting the inquiry as baseless and a conspiracy. The third, Environment Minister Erdogan Bayraktar, turned on the premier.

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More News On The Corruption Scandal That Is Rocking The Turkish Government

Turkish PM reshuffles cabinet amid scandal -- Al Jazeera
Turkey PM reshuffles cabinet amid graft scandal -- AFP
Erdogan Overhauls Cabinet as Inner Circle Cracks in Graft Probe -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Turkish PM replaces 10 ministers in spiraling graft scandal -- RT
Turkey's Erdogan replaces half his cabinet over graft inquiry -- Haaretz/Reuters
Turkey's Cabinet Reshuffled Over Corruption Probe -- Voice of America
Defiant Turkish PM Erdogan in major reshuffle -- BBC
Graft Scandal Is Approaching Turkey Premier -- New York Times

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