In Turkey on suspicion of corruption were detained the children of ministers , officials and prominent businessmen . Among them are the son of Economy Minister Salih Caglayan, the son of Interior Minister Baris Guler, the son of the Minister of Urban Development and Environment Oguz Bayraktar, Assistants of the Minister of Economy Behcet Kainar and Onur Kaya, Adviser to the Minister of Urban Development and Environment Soylu Sadik, the head of management of urban development department Mehmet Ali Kahraman , the head of the municipality of Istanbul's Fatih Mustafa Demir , CEO Halkbank Suleyman Aslan , the famous entrepreneur Ali Agaoglu, the husband of the singer Ebru Gundesh, and a a businessman of Azerbaijani origin Rza Zarrabi .
They are accused of breaking the rules of tenders and lobbying firms and companies in exchange for bribes.
Many of them are members or supporters of the ruling AKP .
Prime Minister Erdogan made ??a statement in which he made it clear he did not approve these arrests, which are aimed at destabilizing the situation in the country. According to him, the arrests are backed by Nurjular - supporters of the religious leader Fatullah Gulen .
These arrests indicate a serious political problem and countering Erdogan by the police, which in itself is an unprecedented phenomenon. -02D-
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