Saturday, December 28, 2013

Turkish military "won't be dragged into politics"

ANKARA -- Turkey’s military has said it will not be "dragged into politics" amid a deepening corruption scandal, the Associated Press has reported.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced to reshuffle his government after three ministers, whose sons were arrested, resigned.
The army on Friday issued a statement in reaction to an Erdogan adviser's claims that the scandal "may be a plot to trigger a coup."

The government has already blamed the probe on a conspiracy to bring down the government, the AP reported.

Turkey’s military has staged three military takeovers since the 1960s but has seen its powers curbed under Erdogan’s decade in power, the news agency noted.

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