Thursday, December 26, 2013

Turkey's Byzantine Scandal - WSJ.com

Turkey's Byzantine Scandal
Corruption charges threaten the country's Islamist leader.

Dec. 26, 2013 3:07 p.m. ET

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spent the past week blaming a burgeoning corruption scandal on foreign plotters. But Wednesday's trio of resignations from his cabinet, which were intended to insulate Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister, had the effect of bringing the scandal to his doorstep.

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