Tuesday, January 07, 2014

The ‘grand theory’ and the corruption scandal in Turkey

The ‘grand theory’ and the corruption scandal in Turkey

By SELÇUK GÜLTAŞLI

BRUSSELS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has survived numerous coup attempts and narrowly escaped a court verdict that would ban his governing party in 2008, is now facing the most serious crisis his single party government has confronted for the last 12 years.

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