Turkish spy probe documents 'leaked from ministry'

In investigation by the Turkish Interior Ministry has revealed that millions of pages of documents used to build an indictment in a 2012 espionage case were actually leaked through the Interior Ministry at the time.
Inspectors from the Interior Ministry discovered the documents in a database called "Pandora" were leaked by the-then head of the Information Technologies Department of the Interior Ministry, ?lhan Uran, who had set up a special line that enabled him access to all of the information on Pandora, daily Milliyet newspaper reported yesterday. Through this special line, Uran was able to follow all significant correspondence. Uran also provided himself clearance to see all computers at the ministry, including the one used by the minister, when they were on.

The 2012 espionage case involved the trial of 357 people, including soldiers, accused of possessing secret military information and documents. Those defendants have been released but the case continues.

On Nov. 3, Turkish police detained dozens of people including senior police officers and civil servants allegedly linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's foe Fethullah Gülen. The prosecutor's office in the western city of ?zmir said it ordered the arrest of 57 people believed to be members of the "Gülenist terror group" on allegations they sought a purge of the army by engineering a 2012 espionage trial. Gülen was the "number one" suspect in the latest investigation, according to the Do?an News Agency. There are several cases against Gülenists, or followers of Gülen who are accused of building "a parallel structure" or "parallel state," particularly through their followers holding influential posts in the judiciary and police.

Police detained 44 of the suspects in dawn raids,...