Turkish ministers resign over graft probe
Source: Al Jazeera
Two Turkish ministers have resigned over a high-level corruption crackdown in which the sons of three cabinet ministers and renowned businessmen were arrested.
Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammer Guler announced their resignations early on Wednesday.
Turkey has been shaken by three sensational corruption investigations last week that led to dozens of detentions and 24 arrests of people ranging from influential business leaders to senior bureaucrats and the ministers' sons.
Caglayan's son Salih Kaan Caglayan and Guler's son Baris Guler were among those arrested in the sweep, which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, called a "dirty operation" to smear his administration and undermine the country's progress.
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