Would the police con the police?

The story is, however you slice it, tragicomic. According to Dilek Yaman's story from daily Sabah, it starts with two forensic police officers in Istanbul's Sultangazi district fabricating an "operation alert." 

What kind of an operation alert did Ali B. and Abdülkadir E. make up? 

They said, "The M?T [National Intelligence Organization] is about to start an operation? In this operation 200 police officers who were involved in bribery, commission, looting and prostitution incidents will be detained ?"

Wow. 

Let me give you the "good news." There was no such operation.

But I should tell you, unfortunately, that as you proceed with the story, there is no other positive aspect. 

The two police officers were accompanied by one of their acquaintances, Mustafa A., who they introduced as a M?T official. This was an attempted scam actually. 

Sorry, I have one other good news: The scam did not work out properly. It did not succeed.

Let's go back to the story?

The police officers started their story by telling two other officers on duty in Sultanbeyli, M.K. and R.G., about the operation.

They scared them, saying, "Look, this is so. Your names are on the list. Get ready?"

When they heard the news, M.K. and R.G. started panicking and asked their friends, "What should we do? What can we do?" The impostors told them, "Prepare 100,000 Turkish Liras each and the guy at the M?T will cross you off of the list of detainees."

After negotiations, the 100,000 liras was reduced to 50,000 liras. Meanwhile, the matter was referred to the Public Security Department. A meeting was arranged at a cafe with cash with serial numbers recorded. The situation was recorded on cameras and the...