Turkish titans clash over cash-filled shoe boxes | ROAR Magazine

Turkish titans clash over cash-filled shoe boxes | ROAR Magazine

"Fifty-two people arrested. Corruption charges at the highest level. Cash in shoe boxes. Accusations of an infiltrated police force. Investigators being fired. Whistleblowers silenced. A furious Prime Minister. And two powerful men at war. If political chicanery and scandal is your thing, then Turkey is the place to be these days."

 

Tensions are rising in Turkey as public officials and ministers’ sons are arrested on allegations of corruption, sparking a strong reaction by Prime Minister Erdoğan.