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Turkish police hold special operations

Türkiye Materials 5 January 2015 11:56 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish police held special operations
Turkish police hold special operations

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.5

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Turkish police held special operations in the province of Gaziantep to detain persons suspected of wiretapping of government officials, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet said Jan.5.

It is reported that the special operations were carried out at eight addresses.

Some 15 law enforcement officers of the province were detained within the operations, according to the newspaper.

Turkish media reported on Feb. 25, 2014 that in 2011 telephone conversations of about 7,000 people associated with the representatives of both the ruling and opposition parties, including family members of the prime minister were wiretapped, as part of the anti-terrorist operation carried out by the Istanbul prosecutor's office against 'Salam' terrorist organization.

During the anti-terrorist operations, telephone conversations of the head Turkish intelligence, Hakan Fidan were wiretapped as well. Turkish then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Gulen of standing behind the wiretapping of the phone conversations.

Erdogan also stressed that Gulen's movement (which he earlier called as a 'parallel structure') with its anti-state activities proved that it is not a religious movement, but a politicized and illegal structure.

He called on Fethullah Gulen not to intervene in Turkey's internal affairs and accused the US of supporting him. A criminal case has been initiated in Turkey against Gulen for his coup attempt and espionage against the country.

Erdogan also previously said that Gulen will be extradited from the US. However, the US authorities said that his extradition is inadmissible.

Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Ankara would make every effort to achieve the extradition of Gulen who is accused of creating a terrorist group and espionage against Turkey.

Edited by CN

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