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18 heads of police dismissed from their posts in Ankara

Türkiye Materials 19 December 2013 00:43 (UTC +04:00)
18 heads of police in the Ankara Police Department are dismissed from their posts, TRT reported.
18 heads of police dismissed from their posts in Ankara

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.19
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18 heads of police in the Ankara Police Department are dismissed from their posts, TRT reported.

Following the change of positions in Istanbul Police Department, reassignments to other positions were done in Ankara Police Department.

18 heads of police were reportedly were reassigned to other departments.

Turkish police have recently conducted special operations in Istanbul and Ankara, resulting in the arrest of 52 people that includes businessmen and sons of some ministers

The businessmen are accused of corruption, smuggling and selling drugs.

Among those detained were the sons of some ministers, who are the members of Turkey's ruling party - Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan's son, Salih Kaan Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammar Guler's son Baris Guler, Minister for Urban Development and Environment Erdogan Bayraktar's son Oguz Bayraktar. All three were detained on suspicion of corruption.

Mayor of Istanbul's Fatih Municipality, Mustafa Demir, director general of Turkish Halkbank Suleyman Aslan and famous entrepreneur Ali Agaoglu were arrested during the same operation by police. Searches were conducted at Halkbank's office.

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