by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2013 | Business
Istanbul, Reuters—Halkbank’s dealings with sanctions-hit Iran are entirely lawful, the Turkish state-run lender said on Monday after its chief executive was arrested in a corruption probe denounced by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan as a foreign plot....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 21, 2013 | World
Ankara, Reuters—Sixteen people, including the sons of two ministers, were charged on Saturday in connection with a Turkish corruption investigation that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called a “dirty operation” aimed at undermining his rule, media...
by Thair Abbas | Dec 19, 2013 | Middle East
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...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 18, 2013 | World
Istanbul, Reuters—Five Turkish police commissioners were sacked a day after the sons of cabinet ministers and prominent businessmen close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were detained in a corruption probe, a local news agency said on Wednesday. The heads of...
