ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's president approved a law on Friday boosting the powers of the secret service, in a move critics of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan see as a bid to tighten his control in the country in the face of a challenge to his authority.
The law, sent to President Abdullah Gul earlier this week by a parliament dominated by Erdogan's AK Party, gives the secret service more scope for foreign operations and eavesdropping, while offering top agents greater immunity from prosecution.
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