Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Looking to snitch on your neighbors? Turkey will pay you for the info - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Looking to snitch on your neighbors? Turkey will pay you for the info

Mukhtars are moving up in the world. Since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved to his controversial palace outside Ankara in November 2014, the mukhtars — elected heads of villages and towns — have become his prominent guests. They were the first group to be invited to the fancy palace, and Erdogan continues to receive groups of 300-400 mukhtars at a time.

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