More police sackings as Turkish government roots out 'plot'

It is now clear that a full-scale purge is underway in Turkey, where the ruling AK party is... euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained:http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4a Euronews is available in 13 other languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCU http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/07/mo... It is now clear that a full-scale purge is underway in Turkey, where the ruling AK party is claiming a "dark power" exists behind the scenes that is seeking to undemocratically destroy it. More purges in the police took place on Tuesday, with offices of the Economy Ministry raided as the police followed up corruption allegations and the AK party sought to root out police they accuse of pursuing a political agenda, It has got to the stage where those making the arrests one day are arrested themselves the next. Since December 1,700 top police officers have been sacked or moved. A total of 350 officers were removed in Ankara overnight as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to uproot potential supporters of a powerful foreign-based rival he believes - along with Israel, the US, or Mossad - is trying to destroy him. He claims the corruption scandal crashing over his party is spurious and unfounded in reality. The details have yet to emerge but the corruption is believed to relate to construction and property, and Turkey's gold trade with Iran. Find us on: Youtube http://bit.ly/zr3upY Facebook   / euronews.fans   Twitter   / euronews