Two out of 14 officers, who were referred to the court by the public prosecutor for their arrest, were sent to prison for wiretapping, while the remaining 10 were released by the court, said the judicial sources.
The criminal court of peace on duty ordered the arrest of the two suspects -- the Police Chief Memduh Tosun and the former head of an intelligence branch, Taner Aydın, -- after all of the detainees testified over 18 hours. The court also banned those released from travelling abroad.
Police still seek Batman police chief Hasan Ali Okan and Elazığ’s former deputy police chief, Ramazan Karakayalı, who faced warrants as part of the ongoing wiretapping investigation.
The officers were detained after Izmir chief public prosecutor’s office had issued warrants for them on charges of forming and running a crime group, violating the privacy of individuals, committing forgery on documents, libeling, fabricating crimes, and illegally obtaining and recording private data.
They were referred to the court for their arrest late Thursday after testifying to the public prosecutor, Okan Bato, at Bayraklı court house in the western province of İzmir.
