Turkey: Erdogan under new pressure to quit as protesters take to the streets [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Riot police use teargas, water cannon and plastic bullets to break up demonstrations as corruption scandal grows
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In scenes reminiscent of this summer's massive anti-government revolts, hundreds of people took to the streets in cities across Turkey on Friday night calling for the government to resign following a high-profile corruption scandal that involves sons of cabinet ministers, leading businessmen and the head of a state-owned bank.
In Istanbul, riot police broke up demonstrations using teargas, water cannon and plastic bullets. According to Turkish media reports, 70 people have been arrested. Protesters chanted "catch the thief", in reference to a highly political corruption probe that started with orchestrated dawn raids on 17 December and is continuing to send shock waves through Turkey, edging ever closer to the heart of the Turkish government.
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Many domestic commentators believe that the probe is a sign of increasing discord within the country's conservative power base, between the AKP government and its former moderate Islamist allies, the so-called Hizmet movement, led by influential exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is based in the US.
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On Thursday, public prosecutor Muammer Akkas, who was overseeing part of the inquiry, was also taken off the case, allegedly for leaking information to the press and for failing to keep his superiors sufficiently informed. However, in a letter to the Turkish media he accused the government of actively hindering the investigation. "The judiciary was subjected to open pressure by the police force, and the execution of court orders was obstructed," he said.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/28/erdogan-pressure-quit-turkey-protests
Looks like Turkey is dropping the veil. I think you can see the brick wall at the end of the theatre.
Check out who isn't covering this at http://realtime.rediff.com/news#!protest%20turkey
RT has "Demonstrators use fireworks against riot police during an anti-government protest in central Istanbul."
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