HUNDREDS OF TURKISH POLICE OFFICERS DISMISSED
14:29 07.01.2014
Turkey has removed 350 police officers from their posts in Ankara,
following a corruption probe targeting people close to the government,
reports say. Officials, mostly from outside the capital, are to
replace them, the BBC reports.
Hundreds of police have been dismissed or reassigned across the
country since last month’s corruption investigation. Three cabinet
ministers resigned after their sons were detained in the raids.
The prime minister has accused the police and judiciary of a “dirty
plot”.
The arrests were carried out as part of an inquiry into alleged
bribery involving public tenders, which included controversial building
projects in Istanbul.
Those detained in the 17 December raids included more than 50 public
officials and businessmen – all allies of the prime minister.
From: A. Papazian
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