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| The Grand Turk |
| We continue exposing AKP corruption: Turkey opp. |
| 2014-04-14 |
| [Iran Press TV] Turkey's main opposition party has vowed to pursue corruption claims against some top government officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi only they haven't dumped him yet... "There is very clear evidence that they have grafted and been bribed. They have also engaged in influence peddling. We know to whom the businessmen enjoying state's tenders are paying their bribes. This information will be revealed one by one," Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News quoted CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu as saying. He further said that the CHP would work to prove all corruption cases that Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been engaged in, adding that they will do the same for the Service for Youth and Education Foundation of Turkey (TURGEV), a charity NGO which counts Erdogan's son, Bilal, among its board members. The foundation had reportedly received USD 99,999,900 aid from abroad between 2008 and 2012. The opposition argues that businessmen had been bribing TURGEV in return for profitable tenders from the government. "We will put in light how much and from whom the foundation received these donations one by one and then we will also disclose which tenders these businessmen have won. We will show their misdeeds...," Kilicdaroglu stated. Turkey plunged into political crisis after dozens of government officials and prominent businessmen close to the Turkish premier were placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! for inquiry on graft charges on December 17, 2013. The scandal, which has turned into a very serious challenge to Erdogan's 11-year-rule, brought down four ministers and led to a cabinet reshuffle. In February 2014, leaked phone conversations, posted on YouTube, allegedly revealed Erdogan asking his son Bilal to turn millions of euros in cash stashed at several houses into "zero." Bilal at one point can be heard saying, "There is 30 million euros ($41 million) more." The phone conversations, whose authenticity could not be verified, were said to date back to last December when massive graft raids were conducted by Turkish police. Erdogan told politicians in parliament on February 25 that the leaked recordings were a "vile attack" against the prime minister of Turkey and vowed to take legal action against those behind "this dirty setup." |
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