Thursday, October 02, 2008

Mudslinging damages Turkish PM’s credibility - The National Newspaper

"Mudslinging damages Turkish PM’s credibility

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

* Last Updated: October 02. 2008 10:51PM UAE / October 2. 2008 6:51PM GMT

ISTANBUL // As Turkey’s governing party and the opposition accuse each other of corruption, with one leading politician being denounced as a drug trafficker and a mayor reported to have been caught on tape asking for bribes, analysts say it is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, who stands to lose most from the mudslinging."

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