Turkish authorities have dismissed 350 metropolitan police; reports BBC Radio and Television reported citing local media. The main leaders of police departments are also fired. They were replaced by appointed officers of the province.
According to the government decree published on the night of January 7, removed from office the head offices to combat financial crimes, smuggling and organized crime.
The scandal erupted in Turkey after police detained more than December 17 to 50 people -
businessmen, officials and their relatives - on suspicion of fraudulent government tenders, abuse of office and bribery.
Three members of the government, whose children were involved in the scandal, resigned : Minister of Environment and Urbanization Erdogan Bayraktar, Turkish Interior Minister Muammar Guler and Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan. A week after the arrests, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has replaced another ten ministers.
As the channel CNN Turk, "all this reminds earthquake." In Turkey's largest city Istanbul a week ago, without the sanction of the Security Directorate launched the country's leadership, "anti-corruption campaign" that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called "dirty conspiracy" against the government.
Observers believe that the arrests and dismissals - a reflection of the hostility between factions within the ruling AKP: those who support Prime Minister Erdogan and Gulen supporters Fetullaha, the founder of the Islamist movement "Hizmat" living in self-imposed exile in the United States. It is believed that Gulen supporters occupied important positions in the police, judiciary and the apex of the party itself.
According to the newspaper Hurriet, police brought to court eight volumes of materials related to the case, which received the informal name "Big bribe." Detained dozens of suspects are composed of senior officials, businessmen, as well as bank employees.
ITAR-TASS, evaluating what is happening, says the leader of the ruling party and Prime Minister Erdogan "currently faced with the most acute political crisis more than a decade of government." Anti-corruption campaign can undermine the AKP - party of moderate Islamists - and the government on the eve of elections to local authorities, which will be held in four months.
Economic damage caused by a corruption scandal in Turkey has exceeded $ 100 billion.
Source: allvoices
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