Turkish ministers' sons arrested

[Scunner]

At least he was useful in the end: http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/cwojeycwojid/rss2/

[Ian]

You cannot believe that someone could do that to anyone let alone a relative - and this man (the uncle) was "close" to China who at last are distancing themselves from the new regime.

[KKOB]

Typical Irish reporting. It was the dogs that had been starved for 3 days NOT the victims.

[echogirl1]

Cannot believe that anybody could do that to another human being.  Feel sick just thinking about it, however the news that 50 police officers sacked in Turkey for taking a lawful stance is also off my radar.

[nichola]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/06/story-kim-jong-un-uncle-fed-dogs-made-up?CMP=fb_gu

[Colwyn]

Is this the Chinese getting their own back for being fooled by the "Kim Jong Un voted world's sexiest man" by The Onion satirical magazine?

[johntaylor49]

not going to go away methinks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/10539028/Turkey-PM-Erdogans-party-turn-on-him-as-corruption-probe-deepens.html

[Diverbaz 1]

That article is not new, 27/12/13.

[Scunner]

Always nice to read last month's news John  

[Colwyn]

Bloomberg is now referring to the lira as being "in freefall" which seems rather dramatic but events today may make it plausible. Meanwhile some Turkish foreign ambassadors have (anonymously) spoken out against Erdogan's instructruction to Turkey's ambassadors that they "tell the truth" to foreign governments that current events are not a corruption probe but are instead an attempted coup. They say their job is to represent the Republic of Turkey not any particular political party.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-17/rate-increase-stamped-betrayal-keeps-lira-exposed-turkey-credit
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-336809-ambassadors-uneasy-over-erdogans-orders-concerning-graft-probe.html


[Today's Zaman, part of Gulen's Hizmet movement, is running a hard hitting campaign against the current AKP Government and against Erdogan in particular.]