EURO 2020 set to polish Turkey’s tarnished image

Apr 15, 2014

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By James M. Dorsey

Turkey, eager to polish its image tarnished by a politicized match-fixing scandal, a massive corruption scandal, hard-handed police tactics against anti-government demonstrators and a bruising domestic power struggle, has emerged as a favourite to host the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final.

"We think we will be awarded the two semi-finals…

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