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Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc speaks during a
news conference at the parliament in Ankara. Photo: Reuters
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Former Istanbul’s chief of police, Huseyin Capkin (C-R), leaves after he was removed from office after overseeing a wave of high-profile bribery arrests this week, Istanbul, Turkey, 19 December 2013. Capkin is among several high-ranking police officers to be sacked in the aftermath of dawn raids that resulted in mass arrests, including the sons of three ministers, for alleged bribery involving public tenders as well as illegal dealings with the Iranian government to circumvent international sanctions. EPA/STR
Turkish prime minister says corruption raids “dirty operation”
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the arrests of a number of people close to his government in a corruption inquiry amounted to a “dirty operation” against his government. A total of 52 people, including three...Caption:
File photo—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses on April 16, 2013 members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)