NEW : News agency says officers removed in Izmir and dozens other Turkish Muslim cities . Police commanders were also removed from their posts in at least nine other cities around the country , the semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported . Most of the purged police `` were appointed to the traffic unit , '' state broadcaster reports . The mass reassignments come amid reports of new police raids in a corruption case . Firings , reassignments began after police detained at least nine in anti-corruption case Tuesday .
NEW : News agency says officers removed in Izmir and dozens other Turkish Muslim cities . Most of the purged police `` were appointed to the traffic unit , '' state broadcaster reports . The mass reassignments come amid reports of new police raids in a corruption case . Firings , reassignments began after police detained at least nine in anti-corruption case Tuesday .