Turkish Police Purge Reaches Top Ranks Amid Graft Scandal -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Turkey's deputy police chief has been sacked, the most senior commander yet targeted in a purge of a force heavily influenced by a cleric accused by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of plotting to seize the levers of state power.
Erdogan's AK Party meanwhile submitted plans to parliament to allow government more say over the naming of prosecutors and judges. Erdogan argues that a judiciary and police in the sway of the Hizmet (Service) movement of cleric Fethullah Gulen contrived a graft investigation now shaking his administration.
The police website said the deputy head of the national police, Muammer Bucak, and provincial chiefs, among them the commanders in the capital Ankara and the Aegean province of Izmir, were removed from their posts overnight.
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More News On The Continuing Purge Of Police Chiefs In Turkey
Turkish police chiefs removed from posts amid graft investigation -- The Guardian
Turkey Graft Probe Turns War of Attrition as Purge Toll Mounts -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Turkey fires police chiefs in 16 provinces -- Global Post/AFP
Turkey removes 16 more police chiefs amid fresh corruption allegations -- The National/AP/AFP
Turkey's police purge reaches top ranks as Erdogan seeks tighter grip on judiciary -- Global Post/AFP/Reuters
Turkish Govt Removes Police Who Launched New Probe -- NPR/AP
Erdogan Purges Police At Risk Of Dismantling Turkish Democracy -- Radio Free Europe
EU fears for Turkey judiciary as crisis deepens -- Daily Star/AFP
EU expresses 'concern' over police sackings in Turkey -- Deutsche Welle
Erdogan Seeks to Exert Control Over Turkey Judges Amid Probe -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Midnight Purge of Ankara Police Officers Deepens Worries Over Long-Term Political Warfare Damage -- The Tower
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