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Turkish dailies on Tuesday covered new allegations about the existence of a "parallel state," an organization affiliated with U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen that is allegedly embedded in government institutions, as well as Russia's recognition of Crimea as an independent state and a photo of a man cradling his friend's body on the pavement after a traffic accident.
Daily TURKIYE reported that Turkey's economic figures, announced Monday by the Turkish statistics organization, showed that production increased and the primary surplus reached 5 billion Turkish liras despite the wobbles that affected the market after graft investigations were launched on Dec. 17 and 25.
Dedicating its front page to the alleged "parallel state," Daily AKSAM reported that the Gulen movement, an international organization led by Fethullah Gulen and known for its charter schools, has been working for the CIA, the U.S. intelligence agency, since 1990, according to an American professor and WikiLeaks documents. According to the daily's allegations, charter schools in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan helped hide CIA agents in the mid-1990s.
Daily RADIKAL carried the headline, "Russian Roulette without Bullets," and reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had recognized the independence of Crimea after the referendum result in favor of joining Russia despite the outcry of the West -- including Turkey -- while Tatar leaders are worried over the possibility of annexation.
Daily HURRIYET also covered Putin and ran the headline, "Like a Czar," referring to the decree on recognition of Crimea's independence that Putin signed a day after the Crimean referendum, which some say will lead to annexation of the peninsula by Russia.
Daily HABERTURK featured a photo showing the aftermath of a motorbike accident in which a man cuddled his friend's body as it lay on the ground, and two other people were seen crying.
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