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.” The move comes shortly after economy minister Zafer Caglayan and interior minister Muammer Guler resigned.
The sons of Guler and Caglayan are among the two dozen people who have been charged as part of a high-level bribery and corruption probe that has ensnared close government allies and top businessmen.