(ANSAmed) – ANKARA, DECEMBER 17 - Turkish police detained the
sons of three cabinet ministers as part of an investigation into
alleged bribery linked to public tenders on Tuesday, Turkish
newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Police carried out dawn raids in the main commercial city
Istanbul, detaining at least 18 people including well-known
businessmen, and also searched the headquarters of state-run
lender Halkbank in the capital Ankara, sources said. Hurriyet
and other newspaper websites reported that the sons of Interior
Minister Muammer Guler, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and
Environment and City Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar were
detained. Police declined to comment on the reports. It was not
immediately clear if there was a link between the investigation
at Halkbank’s offices in the capital Ankara and the reported
detentions. (ANSAmed).
