ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced nearly half his cabinet in a dramatic reshuffle on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) after a spreading graft scandal forced the resignation of three top ministers and threatened the premier’s own hold on power.

Erdogan announced on television he had replaced the three resigning ministers—for the interior, economy and the environment—as well as his European Union (EU) affairs minister, and reshuffled the justice, transport, family, sports and industry

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