Erdogan’s gov’t boosts the gambling sector while favoring loyalists - Nordic Monitor

Erdogan’s gov’t boosts the gambling sector while favoring loyalists - Nordic Monitor

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s National Lottery Administration has failed to fulfill its legal oversight duties over state-sanctioned gambling for more than five years, allowing its private handler, a consortium involving one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s close allies, to operate with virtual impunity, according to official audit records and parliamentary testimony. The failure, revealed in recent discussions before the Turkish Parliament…