BREAKING NEWS

Turkish environment minister quits over corruption probe

Turkish Environment andUrbanization Minister Erdogan Bayraktar resigned over ahigh-level corruption probe on Wednesday, becoming the thirdcabinet member to do so, NTV news channel said.
Bayraktar's son was briefly detained in the graft probe.Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Economy Minister ZaferCaglayan, whose sons are among 24 people in police custody sincethe affair erupted on Dec. 17, resigned earlier on Wednesday.