Minister Sons and Reza Zarrab Released A Turkish court released 5 suspects including sons of cabinet ministers and Reza Zarrab who have been arrested within Turkey?s corruption probe investigation, leaving no jailed defendants in the case US report warns Turkey over anti-corruption probe ?scandal? The US described the corruption probe and subsequent developments as a ‘scandal’ … Read more
Turkish PM calls for boycott of Gülen movement?s schools Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has geared up his rhetoric against the movement of U.S. based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, calling for a boycott of the movement?s schools Turkish PM faces deepening corruption scandal as second tape emerges Audio posted to YouTube allegedly records … Read more
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 Turkey Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers. A unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. Following the 2011 parliamentary elections, which observers considered generally free and fair, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) formed a … Read more