Twenty-two of the 104 people who were taken into custody on suspicion of spying and illegal wiretapping in two Istanbul-based investigations have been referred to the court.
The total number of arrests in the probes into espionage and alleged wiretapping across several police departments in Turkey rose to 104 on Wednesday.
The Istanbul-based operation, which began on early Tuesday, saw detentions take place in several Turkish cities.
The terror and organized crimes department of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s office interrogated 22 suspects Thursday, who have been brought to the courthouse in Caglayan district of Istanbul.
These latest detentions follow two high-profile Istanbul-based anti-graft operations launched in December last year, which led to the arrest of high-profile figures including the sons of the three government ministers as well as several businessmen.
All those detained in the probe were later released pending trial.
The Turkish government has denounced the December probes as a "dirty plot" constructed by a "parallel structure" group of bureaucrats embedded within the country's key institutions, including the judiciary and police.
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