ANKARA
Ten out of 17 suspects recently detained across Turkey in a ‘parallel state’ operation are to face trial.
The remaining seven suspects were released on Friday unto fader court-imposed restrictions.
On Monday, May 11, Ankara’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of a total of 34 individuals, including several police chiefs, over the illegal wiretapping of government officials.
Twenty-five out of these 34 suspects have been detained but 8 of them were previously sent to court by the prosecutors with the demand of judicial control, which would require them to report to police stations weekly and restrict them to leave the country.
The suspects are accused of forgery of official documents and forming a criminal organization to commit crime.
The Turkish government has vowed to crackdown on the so-called 'parallel state' since a graft probe targeted Turkish cabinet members in December 2013, a move which the current Turkish government qualifies as a coup attempt.
The 'parallel state' is an alleged group of Turkish bureaucrats and senior officials embedded in the country's institutions, including the judiciary and the police, which is allegedly trying to undermine the Turkish government.
Since the December 2013 graft probes, many police chiefs and thousands of officers have been relocated to different cities, and the top judicial body has been restructured.
