Status Change Explanation: Turkey’s status declined from Partly Free to Not Free, its political rights rating declined from 4 to 5, and its civil liberties rating declines from 5 to 6 due to a deeply flawed constitutional referendum that centralized power in the presidency, the mass replacement of elected mayors with government appointees, arbitrary prosecutions … Read more
Another act of Turkish intelligence constructing headlines for a common cause. 26 March 2016. Middleman to give details in Zarrab’s US probe A middleman of Reza Zarrab, the shady businessman who was arrested in the U.S. on fraud and Iran sanctions-related charges, has said he wants to tell all he knows and present documents that he … Read more
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