Soccer sparks political rift in Turkey’s ruling AKP
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Facing 132 years in prison, soccer boss Aziz Yildirm stands to benefit from daft law (Source: Today's Zaman)
By James M. Dorsey
A massive match-fixing scandal in Turkish soccer has shifted passions from the soccer pitch to politics opening a rift between the country’s president and prime minister, driving a wedge between the president and parliament, and …