Turkey Prosecutor Says Government Obstructing Graft Probe
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Turkey’s legal morass thickened after a prosecutor said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is obstructing a graft probe by preventing detentions, disobeying court orders and allowing suspects to flee.
Istanbul Prosecutor Muammer Akkas said in a written statement yesterday that the investigation he was leading into businessmen and officials for involvement in bribery, rigging tenders, and fraud was stripped from him. Erdogan has said the probe is a smear campaign orchestrated by his opponents.