10 police officers detained in nationwide wiretapping operation

In a new operation, 10 police officers were detained  in Turkey on Thursday, March 13,

The operation was carried out in 18 different cities including Ankara, Eskişehir, Çorum, Orduand Sivas. The operation was launched by the Sivas Police Department.

According to some media sources as part of the operation, the number of detainees might increase to 35 during the day.

Dozens of officers, including senior police officers, were arrested in connection with similar charges in 2014.

The suspects are accused of listening to conversations of thousands with the supposed intention of creating a coup; high-level officials were believed to have been wiretapped for this aim.The perpetrators are supposedly part of the Fethullah Gülen-led group, which is considered a terrorist organization by the government..

The Gülen-led group has been accused of being a large international-scale network which has tapped Turkish officials, including their encrypted phones. The network runs private schools in more than 160 countries, including the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa. THe network has faced suspicion  in countries such Russia, Azerbaijan, Germany and the U.S. Their aim is supposedly to bring down Turkey's newly elected government.