Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu satirically suggested the week between Dec. 17 and 25 to be celebrated as “Thieves’ Week” every year, referring to a corruption investigation concerning top government officials and that came to public attention on Dec. 17 and 25. report today zaman

Kılıçdaroğlu on Saturday commented on a decision by İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday to drop charges against the suspects implicated in one of Turkey’s major graft probes.

“After all these things happened, the Dec. 17-25 week should be declared as Thieves’ Week and celebrated by the thieves at [Justice and Development] AK Party headquarters.
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutors’ Office on Friday dropped charges against 53 suspects who stood trial in the corruption investigation.  The highly-publicized investigation, which was kicked off on Dec. 17, 2013 and labeled by authorities as a “coup against the government”, implicated sons of several ministers, pro-government businessmen and chief of the state bank. At the heart of the probe was Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who involved in money laundering scheme as part of his strategy to bypass US-led sanctions on Iran.
Sons of former ministers Barış Güler and Salih Kaan Çağlayan were also among suspects whose charges were dropped.
CHP Secretary-General Gürsel Tekin also said in an interview with the Hürriyet daily on Saturday that members of all CHP provincial branches will go to courthouses and leave a black wreath in protest of the prosecutors’ decision on Monday.