52 police officers charged with spying

Istanbul's chief public prosecutor's office said that 52 police officers were detained on charges of illegally wiretapping of many officials' phone conversations under a fake terror organisation, called Selam-Tevhid, for the purpose of spying.

At least 251 people have faced with various charges in this probe, which has been run by officers, allegedly linked with parallel structure, under a fake terror group, Selam-Tevhid, since 2010, although there has been no certain evidence, .

However, the prosecutor's office announced that the investigations and research against these people have been completed, and declared they would not face any further legal action.

The prosecutor's statement also said today's suspects have 'illegally wiretapped 2,280 people in total", including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ministers and the country's national intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.

A total of 76 police officials will face spying charges and 52 out of the 76 police officials, who were issued arrest warrants, were detained.

The operation will continue untill all suspects are detained.