Turkey purges regulators, state TV in graft probe backlash
Turkey has extended a purge of official bodies to the banking and telecoms regulators and state TV, firing dozens of executives in moves that appear...
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Erdogan tells Turkish ambassadors to spread word of ‘treacherous’ plot
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors on Wednesday to confront allies with the “truth” that a graft investigation shaking Ankara was the result of...
Turkish graft scandal deepens with more arrests, police dismissals
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government purged hundreds of police officers overnight, media said, as part of a crackdown on a rival he accuses of...
Turkey removes 350 more police from posts after graft probe
Around 350 Turkish police officers were removed from their posts in Ankara overnight, CNN Turk said on Tuesday, in the biggest single reported police shakeup...
Turkey’s Gul urges judiciary to stay impartial in graft investigation
Turkish President Abdullah Gul urged the judiciary to remain impartial as it pursues a corruption investigation shaking the government, warning on Friday of grave economic...
Turkish minister says fending off “mini-coup attempt”
Turkey’s government said on Tuesday it was fending off a “mini coup attempt” by elements in the police and judiciary who served the interests of...
Hit by scandal and resignations, Turk PM names new ministers
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...
Third Turkish ministers quit after sons held in graft scandal (updated)
Three Turkish ministers resigned on Wednesday, a week after their sons were detained in a sweeping corruption investigation that pits Tayyip Erdogan’s government against the...
Another 25 chiefs removed, Turkish police use water cannons to disperse protesters
Turkish authorities have removed another 25 police chiefs from their posts, media reported, widening a crackdown on the force since it launched a corruption investigation...
More arrests in Turkey, ministers’ sons included (updated)
Sixteen people, including the sons of two ministers, were charged on Saturday in connection with a Turkish corruption investigation that has struck at the heart...