Turks Stage Protests Demanding Erdogan's Resignation

(Xinhua-China) Thousands of Turks took to the streets in 11 cities on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. An audio recording disclosed on the Internet on Monday suggested the Turkish prime minister ordered his son Bilal Erdogan to dispose of vast amounts of cash just after a graft probe was launched on Dec. 17 when police raided sons of three ministers. Erdogan labeled the leaked recording as "fake." The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, claimed that the leaked phone conversation is genuine.


2014-02-26 00:00:00

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