Turkish opposition party discovers trove of 'listening devices' hidden in office lamps and sockets
Turkish party HDP suspects state-backed attempt to monitor its activities with secret listening devices
18 December 2020 • 4:40pm
HDP officials show reporters a listening device which they say they found in their Istanbul office
Credit: HDP
A Turkish opposition party says it has discovered dozens of listening devices in its offices, in what they claim is a state-backed campaign to spy on the government's rivals.
Turkey's left-wing People's Democratic Party (HDP), which supports LGBT rights, feminism and the Kurdish minority, says it found the microphones hidden in plug sockets and lamps in up to 40 Istanbul district offices.