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Offline Diverbaz 1

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2013, 12:12:22 PM »
From Today's Zaman,

"According to sources in the judiciary, $4.5 million was found at the house of Halkbank's general manager, who was detained following a raid conducted by the istanbul Police Department on Wednesday as part of a graft probe."

All in shoe boxes, obviously he didn't like the interest rates at Halkbank.!!!!!!!! Or was he just taking his work home !!!!!



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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2013, 12:27:33 PM »
I wouldn't mind Gill having shoes like that :-)

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2013, 13:33:28 PM »
They reckon on Al Jazeera - The Gulen Movement may have initiated this - what is this - the start of some powerful opposition ???

Looks like it.  This from HDN:

"The investigations’ prosecutors are familiar names to the Turkish public. The operations are being headed by Istanbul deputy public prosecutor Zekeriya Öz, who is known for his work on the alleged deep-state Ergenekon coup plot case, and prosecutor Celal Kara. Kara was also a prosecutor in cases including the military espionage trial.

PM not informed about operation

The three prosecutors operating the three separate investigations did not inform the Istanbul Public Prosecutor about the operation and also did not enter the operation into the National Judiciary Network Information System (UYAP) system."

Zekeriya Öz and Celal Kara are both reputed to be Gulenists and given their work againt the army, its probably correct.

Bet the old boy is absolutely pishing himself with glee in Connecticut.

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2013, 13:52:37 PM »
One thing the UK and Turkey seem to share in politics is what we might call "Third term-itis". Political parties and their leaders tend to go off the rails after they have won three-in-a-row. Thatcher got more and more authoritarian in her third term until even her own party got fed up and chucked her out. The third New Labour term was already going sour before Blair resigned and Brown started going barmy. The third term for RTE demonstrates both authoritarianism and barminess - as well as increasing public awareness of corruption. Very interesting to see that it is (allegedly) the Gulen Movement that has decided enough is enough and made some moves.

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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2013, 14:20:23 PM »
Colwyn - absolutely spot on :-)

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2013, 15:17:37 PM »
One thing the UK and Turkey seem to share in politics is what we might call "Third term-itis". Political parties and their leaders tend to go off the rails after they have won three-in-a-row. Thatcher got more and more authoritarian in her third term until even her own party got fed up and chucked her out. The third New Labour term was already going sour before Blair resigned and Brown started going barmy. The third term for RTE demonstrates both authoritarianism and barminess - as well as increasing public awareness of corruption. Very interesting to see that it is (allegedly) the Gulen Movement that has decided enough is enough and made some moves.
I'm beginning to like you-- that drink in Bristol getting closer  :) Do you know the Fleece and Firkin?? If it is still there! lol

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2013, 15:21:45 PM »
Now shortened to The Fleece. I was there a couple of weeks ago for a Pokey LaFarge gig.

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2013, 18:55:23 PM »


18 more police chief's removed, for not informing their superiors of their "ill intentions"

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2013, 19:46:36 PM »
Getting worse by the hour. Seems the files on the case have been removed from the investigators offices.
The cover up begins.The latest number of police chiefs removed is now 29.Reports of a senior politician
secretly filmed taking  TL 1-5million bribe.
And just to add to currency woes, the US has just announced reducing stimulus package by $10 billion per month.
Now watch the TL. !!

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2013, 22:38:48 PM »
This is the AKP fighting for its political life...  they will resort to every dirty trick in the book to try and make this go away.  All we need is RTE's son in law or one of his sons to get the jail, then the sh1t will really hit the fan.

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