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Serious Battle Against Corruption is a Must!

Justice Minister Cemil Cicek announced that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government will present to Parliament, as soon as possible, a draft law that includes an effective battle against bank looters. Cicek also wants Parliament to discuss this issue urgently.



Undoubtedly, the most important problem in Turkey is corruption economy. The most competent administrators report that [bank] siphoning is the main cause of the economic crisis. Almost everyone has made sharp comments about the fight against corruption, however, there has not yet been any satisfactory progress to ease public conscience. The state institutions have failed to show the same decisive attitude, that they have employed in fighting against religious reactionarism, in the battle to eradicate corruption. Thus, those responsible have gone scot-free.


There have been a few feeble attempts but they did not last long. I say this decisively: there is invers...