ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan charged on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that the detention of dozens of people in a high-profile graft probe was an “ugly” operation against his government.

Several dozen police chiefs have been sacked in the wake of the dawn raids on Tuesday, which led to the detention of 51 people including the sons of three ministers and several top business leaders, sending shockwaves through Turkey’s political establishment.

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