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Fatwa emerges in Turkish corruption allegations - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Fatwa emerges in Turkish corruption allegations

Turkey has been living through extraordinary developments in recent weeks. Almost daily, voice recordings said to belong to the prime minister, his relatives or ministers spill onto the Internet.

In these recordings, momentous allegations are heard of the prime minister taking bribes, the prime minister giving instructions to relocate billions of dollars from his and relatives’ residences and contractors who are awarded contracts by the state being required to donate considerable sums of money to a foundation headed by the prime minister’s son.

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