#turkey interior minister: massive police purge only „routine reassignments”
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A Turkish riot policeman fires tear gas during a protest against Turkish government’s newly proposed restrictions on the use of internet, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul, on February 8, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ozan Kose)
Turkey’s interior minister said 1,000 police officers have been removed in the wake of a major corruption probe against key government allies but said these were only “routine” re-assignments. The government has embarked on a mass purge of police and prosecutors in the wake of the probe launched on December 17 targeting several members of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle. read (...)