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| Turkey corruption inquiry: More senior police 'fired' | Turkey corruption inquiry: More senior police 'fired' |
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| At least 14 further senior police officials have been removed from their posts in Turkey, according to reports. | At least 14 further senior police officials have been removed from their posts in Turkey, according to reports. |
| The dismissals are the latest round of police sackings following mass raids in a corruption inquiry on Tuesday. | |
| On Thursday the head of Istanbul's police was forced from his position. | On Thursday the head of Istanbul's police was forced from his position. |
| Meanwhile eight of the more than 50 detained in Tuesday's dawn operations have been formally arrested following court hearings in Istanbul. More court appearances are taking place. | |
| The raids in Istanbul and Ankara were carried out as part of an inquiry into alleged bribery involving public tenders. | |
| More than 30 senior police officers have reportedly been sacked since then. | |
| 'Dirty operation' | |
| The corruption investigation has targeted people close to the administration of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including three sons of cabinet ministers. | |
| Mr Erdogan has denounced the inquiry as a "dirty operation" against his government. | |
| The sons of Interior Minister Muammer Guler, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Environment Minister Erdogan Bayraktar were among those detained. | |
| Commentators in Turkey report that the arrests and firings reflect a feud within Turkey's ruling AK Party between those who back Mr Erdogan and supporters of Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic scholar living in exile in the US. | |
| Members of Mr Gulen's Hizmet movement are said to hold influential positions in institutions such as the police, the judiciary and the AK Party itself. |