Bloomberg.com: World Bank Says Turkey Less Corrupt Than Many in Eastern Europe

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"World Bank Says Turkey Less Corrupt Than Many in Eastern Europe

July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's efforts to meet European Union membership criteria have helped rein in graft, especially in the courts, making the country less corrupt than many countries in eastern Europe, a World Bank report said.

Government policy changes, including tougher auditing and rules on disclosure, are reasons for the drop in corruption between 2002 and 2005, the World Bank said in the report, which included interviews with almost 10,000 companies in 27 countries in central and eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union."