Turkish opposition concerned by government silence over wiretap find
ISTANBUL: The Turkish government’s silence on the discovery of listening devices in the offices of an opposition party has caused concern, with a human rights lawyer saying that such wiretaps revealed a “serious and deep-rooted illegality.” Dozens of bugs were found hidden in lamps and sockets across 40 district offices belonging to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Istanbul, and are believed to be a government attempt to spy on its political activities. The wiretapping devices were discovered when party officials tried to use a triple plug socket during a press confe...
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