Operation on Police Officials

An operation has been launched on suspects including security officials.

11:32 am Anadolu Agency (AA) have announced Istanbul Chief Public Prosecution’s statement that 15 people have been detained and 39 have arrest warrants. AA named the operation, "The operation on the ‘parallel structure’ within security forces". "We have completed the examination and research on 251 people claimed to have founded a so-called Tawhid-Salam organization and halted the prosecution of all 251 people,” the Chief Public Prosecution declared.

11:00 am Police officers in provinces such as Diyarbakır, İzmir, Van, Ankara, and Bitlis have been detained as part of the operation.

10:00 am today (July 22): The number of detentions reached 87.

Istanbul Fight against Terror Branch is running the Istanbul-centered operation on 200 addresses in 22 provinces and has so far detained around 52 suspects.

40 people were detained in the first operation that started last night at 1:50 am.

Authorities announced detainees are charged with founding organizations to commit crime, illegal wiretapping, and forgery.

Among those detained are former Fight against Terror Branch Head Yurt Atayün and the same period’s Fight against Terror Branch Head Ömer Köse.

The Organized Crime Branch’s second operation yielded 12 detainees. Searches in many police officers’ homes are ongoing.

This operation encompasses the Intelligence Branch officials of the time on the charge of over 200 illegal wiretaps between the years 2008-2012.

Then Istanbul Intelligence Branch Head Ali Fuat Yılmazer and many intelligence officials’ houses are also undergoing search.

Suspects are charged with offenses such as forging official documents, jobbery, obstructing and mangling the information system, destruction and alteration of evidence, obtaining information on government security, violation of the confidentiality of communication. (NV/PU)

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