Analysis of the political scandals in Turkey Turkey purged hundreds of police and launched an investigation into prosecutors Tuesday in the latest twist in a vast corruption scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. Gareth Jenkins of the Silk Road Studies Program says Erdogan wants to get rid of sympathizers to the Fethullah Gulen movement and discredit them to regain his "shattered" credibility. Images and soundbites.