TEHRAN (FNA)- 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 since a corruption probe rocked the government last month. Hundreds of police have been dismissed or reassigned across the country since the graft investigation emerged on December ...

The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says he favours the retrial of hundreds of military officers convicted of plotting to overthrow the government. It comes after his senior adviser suggested that the officers had been framed by the police and judiciary. Hundreds of people were jailed in 2012 and 2013 in two high-profile cases, called ...

[caption id="attachment_74523" align="alignright" width="180"] Turkish people protest alleged corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul, December 25, 2013.[/caption] (Reuters) - 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 foreign and domestic ...

The Justice and Development Partys Burdur Deputy Hasan Hami Y?ld?r?m announced his resignation today, becoming the fifth lawmaker to part ways with the ruling party amid an ongoing major corruption operation. Y?ld?r?m criticized the removal of the head prosecutor in a second corruption case reported to be wider than the probe that began Dec. 17. Prosecutor ...

(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan swore on Sunday he would survive a corruption crisis circling his cabinet, saying those seeking his overthrow would fail just like mass anti-government protests last summer. Erdogan accused his opponents of trying to sap the power ofTurkey, which has seen rapid economic growth and assertive foreign ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian lawmaker voiced Tehran's concern about the ongoing circumstances in Turkey, and called on the Turkish government and nation to be aware of the plots hatched by certain states whose interests are materialized through regional disputes and unrests. The footprints of the US, Britain and the Zionist regime (Israel) can always ...

[caption id="attachment_74523" align="alignright" width="180"] Turkish people protest alleged corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul, December 25, 2013.[/caption] An Iranian lawmaker says Western countries are making mischief to fuel unrest in Turkey as they benefit from conflicts in Muslim nations. The footprints of the US, Britain ...

Turkey's military has said it does not want to get involved in "political arguments", amid a major political corruption scandal. The crisis has forced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reshuffle his cabinet following the resignations of three ministers. The ministers' sons were among dozens of people detained as part of a wide-ranging corruption ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his ruling AK Party will not put up with corruption following resignations of three cabinet members over a huge graft probe that has plagued the government. The AK Party does not overlook or tolerate corruption. If it does, it will have removed its raison d'etre, Erdogan told a meeting of his party ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reshuffled his cabinet after resignations of three ministers over a graft probe. Erdogan presented a new list of cabinet ministers to President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday. The Turkish premier replaced the economy, interior, and environment ministers. The ministers' sons have all been arrested as ...

Three Turkish ministers have stepped down amid a corruption scandal that has plagued the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Wednesday, Environment Minister Erdogan Bayraktar announced his resignation just hours after Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan both stepped down. Bayraktar called on the ...