Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging
There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by
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Turkey
Erdogan accuses judges, district attorneys of ‘conspiracy’
After the “international centers of power” and the “interest rate lobby conspiracy”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now decided to accuse
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Turkish prosecutor dismissed, charged with official interference
A Turkish prosecutor leading a high-level bribery and corruption investigation says he has been removed from the case and that
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Turkish officials step down over corruption probe
Turkey’s interior minister and economy minister both stepped down Wednesday in connection with a high-level corruption scandal The sons of
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Istanbul police use water cannons, tear gas against protesters
Turkish police fired water cannons and tear gas in Istanbul Sunday to disperse thousands of people protesting against the government’s
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Erdogan government shaken to its core
A huge scandal of corruption is shaking the Turkish government to its core with political analysts saying that Recep Tayyip
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Turkey’s Erdogan: Corruption probe ‘dirty operation’
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a corruption probe in which dozens of people have been detained is part
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Signing of Bulgaria-Turkey-Greece border co-operation deal postponed after Turkish interior minister’s son arrested
A scheduled signing in Sofia of an intergovernmental agreement between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to build a joint contact centre
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Sons of three cabinet ministers arrested in Turkey
Havoc has broken out in Turkey from the arrest, in a police operation in Istanbul, of 22 people including three
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