TURKEY-POLITICS-CORRUPTION

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) acknowledges supporters while his wife Emine (L) claps during a rally at Ataturk airport in Istanbul on December 27, 2013. Erdogan was being battered on all fronts on December 27, as a graft scandal savaging his government sparked party resignations, fresh street protests and pushed the currency to a record low. AFP PHOTO / MIRA