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Turkey's military distances itself from political corruption investigation | Turkey's military distances itself from political corruption investigation |
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Turkey's military has released a statement saying it will not be dragged into politics amid a deepening corruption scandal that has engulfed the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. | |
The leader has been forced to reshuffle his cabinet after the resignation of three ministers, whose sons were detained as part of an investigation. | |
The military's statement on Friday came after one of Erdoğan's advisers raised the possibility that the scandal may be a plot to trigger a coup, in a regular column published in the Star newspaper. The government has blamed the corruption investigation on a foreign-brewed "dirty plot" to bring down the government. | The military's statement on Friday came after one of Erdoğan's advisers raised the possibility that the scandal may be a plot to trigger a coup, in a regular column published in the Star newspaper. The government has blamed the corruption investigation on a foreign-brewed "dirty plot" to bring down the government. |
Turkey's military has staged three takeovers since the 1960s but has seen its powers curbed during Erdoğan's decade in power. | |
Critics have accused Erdoğan of political manoeuvring to prevent new arrests related to the investigation, including the removal of police and judicial officials. | Critics have accused Erdoğan of political manoeuvring to prevent new arrests related to the investigation, including the removal of police and judicial officials. |
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