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Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge |
2013-12-21 |
[Al Ahram] Istanbul prosecutors Friday began charging some of the prime minister's closest allies in a huge graft scandal which he has responded to with a spectacular purge of the police. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he was battling "a state within a state" and described the corruption probe, which comes ahead of crucial March polls, as a smear operation. The crisis erupted Tuesday when police incarcerated |
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