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bemildred

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3. Turkish oppositon attacks dropping of anti-graft case

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 11:44 AM

Oct 2014

World Bulletin/News Desk

The Republican People's Party has criticized Istanbul's prosecutor for deciding not to prosecute 53 people at the center of Turkey's "December 17" corruption investigation.

The launch of a wide-ranging corruption probe on December 17, 2013 shook Turkey as many well-known businessmen and children of ministers were taken into custody, including Baris Guler, the son of then-Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Salih Kaan Caglayan, the son of then-Economy Minister.

But the Prosecutor's Office said on Friday that there were problems with evidence necessary to prove the accusations of corruption.

Tekin Bingol, Vice Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said on Saturday: "The verdict is the most concrete indicator of how justice ends in Turkey."

http://www.worldbulletin.net/turkey/146525/turkish-oppositon-attacks-dropping-of-anti-graft-case

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