ANKARA: Turkey's environment minister stepped down on Wednesday, the third in the cabinet to resign over an anti-graft probe that has roiled the government, and called on the prime minister to follow suit.

"I am stepping down as minister and lawmaker," Erdogan Bayraktar told the private NTV television. "I believe the prime minister should also resign."

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