Turkey opposition politicians quit in sex video scandal

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking another term as prime minister

Turkey - Six senior politicans in Turkey's opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) have resigned amid a sex scandal, shortly before national elections. Turkish media say the six, including four vice-presidents, quit following threats to publish compromising videos. Four other senior MHP leaders resigned earlier this month after secretly filmed images were posted online. The scandal has fanned tensions ahead of the June poll in which the Islamist-rooted AKP is seeking a third term. Lawmaker Deniz Bolukbasi, one of the six MHP leaders who resigned on Saturday, said he had been the victim of a trap sponsored by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP. "I am resigning to spare my party the damage such allegations might cause," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. Full Story>>

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