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Police purge in Turkey weakens security ops | Mid-East | Saudi Gazette

Police purge in Turkey weakens security ops
Last updated: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:45 PM

Seda Sezer

YAKUP SAYGILI ranked among Turkey’s top police commanders until he launched anti-graft raids that touched on Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s circle. Now he sits at home, victim of a purge he says has undermined specialist units’ ability to tackle a growing terrorist threat spilling from the Middle East.

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