The suspects are accused of giving Greece information on state secrets and military installation plans, military vehicle activity and military exercises. The suspects allegedly received 500-1,000 euros in proportion to the value of the information passed on.
Following interrogation by the counterterrorism department, N.H. (65), A.H. (42) and İ.Ş. (38), who do not know each other, confessed to having acquired information, images and videos of military exercises, military vehicles and their license plates, military installation plans and military vessels, which they then sent to Greece.
Detained Bodrum-based travel agent N.H. reportedly often traveled to Greece on business. On one such trip he met people from the Greek side who offered him work as a spy for Greece. Greece does not require passports for one-day visits by Turkish citizens. This made it easier for the three suspects to travel to Greece and deliver the documents to the Greeks. The documents were not sent to Greek officials over the Internet for security reasons but were hand delivered when the suspects met with Greek officials in the Greek islands. The Greek side reportedly paid the suspects in person and not via direct deposit.
In almost one year of information gathering, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) found out that the suspects had attended many military and naval exercises and tried to photograph what was going on from as close as possible. A search of the suspects’ houses turned up numerous documents and images, CDs, laptops, wireless telephones and memory sticks in addition to four cameras, two video cameras, 11 mobile phones, nine SIM cards and one rifle. The interrogation also revealed that the relatives of N.H. and A.H. live in Greece. The suspects, while being taken to court, told reporters the allegations are baseless.
