Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, speaks with Sakarya University rector Muzaffer Elmas in Sakarya, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Erdogan on Friday faced mounting accusations of trying to cover up a corruption scandal that has implicated his allies after a prosecutor said he was being prevented from expanding a corruption probe. Erdogan was forced to reshuffle his government this week after three ministers, whose sons were detained as part of the probe, resigned.(AP Photo)