Erdogan Says Corruption Allegations Undermine Turkey’s Economy

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said graft allegations against government officials and businessmen are hurting the economy, escalating a counterattack on what he described as a “gang” within the state bureaucracy.

Erdogan, 59, has given almost 10 public speeches in the past two days in an effort to rally his supporters against corruption probes that implicated the government and prompted a cabinet reshuffle. In one speech after another, he sought to defend his record in office, saying at one point that his government won’t “forgive anyone involved in graft, even if he is my child.”