Speaking at the inauguration of the TBB’s 18th meeting of bar heads, Besler focused on the recent allegations about the wiretapping of some members of the judiciary.
Recent news stories have reported that the telephones of a chief public prosecutor and several members of the Supreme Court of Appeals have been wiretapped for an extended period of time as part of an ongoing probe into a clandestine organization. The wiretap controversy emerged with claims that the telephones of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin have been wiretapped since 2008 as part of a probe into the criminal organization known as Ergenekon. Then came allegations that the telephones of some members of the Supreme Court of Appeals have also been wiretapped since 2008.
“The laws set the rules regarding the circumstances in which the telephones of individuals can be wiretapped. There can be nothing to say if the wiretappings are made for the protection of the unitary structure of the secular, democratic and social state which is ruled by law,” Besler said. She said if the wiretapping of individuals is made contrary to the law, then this situation would be considered “grave.”
