AFP MARCH 7, 2014 Turkeys Alevis caught up in phone-tapping storm ISTANBUL - Already beset by a raft of corruption allegations, Turkeys prime minister now faces charges of insulting the minority Alevi community in the latest revelations to emerge from a widening phone-tapping scandal. Among the taped conversations leaked to the press over the past week, one involves Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asking his then-justice minister Sadullah Ergin to pressure a court into convicting media mogul Aydin Dogan, a long-time foe. When explaining why the court has not reached the desired ruling, an exasperated Ergin is heard saying: The judge is an Alevi -- which has been interpreted by the community as an insult. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/international/538199-turkeys-alevis-caught-up-in-phone-tapping-storm
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:20:33 +0000
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