Following the resignation of 3 ministers because of a corruption scandal, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a cabinet reshuffle. New ministers were appointed to ten of the 26 posts. Sent to retirement, among others, was EU Affairs Minister, Egemen Bagis. He became the only one of the four ministers - suspects in the corruption scandal, who did not voluntarily depart from his post, the agency DPA reported.
Permutations in the Turkish government were preceded by a large corruption scandal, in which the children of several ministers were involved. Last week, Turkish police detained dozens of people - senior police officials and their relatives - on suspicion of fraud for issuing licenses for construction and bribery.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning, Erdogan Bayraktar, who left his post, demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the ex - minister, a significant portion of permits for the construction of the controversial construction projects was issued with the consent of the head of government. -02D-
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A court in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan has sentenced blogger Azamat Sarsenov to a 10-day detention for filming the crash site of an Embraer 190 passenger plane in Aktau. The ruling was confirmed by the court's press service, according to reports from RBC.
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The families of those killed in the crash of the AZAL passenger plane “Embrayer-190” will be paid compensation in the amount of 40 thousand manats (about 24 thousand dollars).
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On 26 December, Ramzan Kadyrov awarded his nephew Khamzat Kadurov, who holds the post of secretary of the Chechen Security Council, with the medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic".
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The Russian side must apologize for the air defense attack on the Azerbaijani civilian aircraft, said Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabeyov.
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