Indirect mention of 'parallel' in the 'bug' case

The ?bug? case, which is about two devices (one found in Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s private house and the other in his office at the prime ministry), ended at the beginning of July. This case was the first one in the ?parallel structure? investigations that were launched in Turkey after Dec. 17 and 25, 2013, graft operations. 

Ankara 7th Criminal Court did not refer to the ?Terror Organization of Fethullah? (FETÖ) template in its decision, whereas, this was seen frequently in other ?parallel structure? cases.

The justified decision of the court is released; it still does not contain FETÖ or parallel structure? phrasing but there are references to the cases opened on these accounts.  

One of the references is: ?? a person named Hasan Ak?n who resides in the U.S. was in contact with certain people who were leading an organized structure in the police; it was found out through phone records and base station data.?

However, the other reference is the most striking: ?The defendants were policemen at the time of the crime. It is not possible for them to have a personal interest in wiretapping the prime minister; however, they conducted this action within the framework of the interests of a structure organized within the security department. Their purpose was to use the information obtained for the interests of this structure they thought they were part of.? They then mentioned the defendants went abroad asking for asylum in countries where the ?structure? was already present... 

In this case, the prosecutor began prosecuting 13 defendants, 12 of them police and one the deputy head of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK).  

The first six defendants of the case were charged with planting the...

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