Espionage gang made illegal recordings of staff at TUBITAK

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TODAY'S ZAMAN
1 February 2012

An espionage gang that used blackmail to extort intelligence on Turkey's 
security projects installed secret cameras all over a facility of the 
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and 
illegally videotaped most of the agency's employees for blackmail 
purposes.

An investigation began into allegations that a military espionage gang 
catalogued 1,048 people working at TÜBİTAK on the basis of their 
religious beliefs, ideological outlook, sexual orientation and other 
personal data after an anonymous tipster wrote a letter to prosecutors 
in 2010. The investigators have recently found that bugs, cameras hidden 
from view and other recording devices were installed in various places 
in TÜBİTAK's Marmara Research Center (MAM) facility, located near 
İstanbul in Gebze, to make illegal recordings.

Detectives have established that the MAM facility, which also includes a 
157-bed hotel and a 150-bed guesthouse, had gang-installed microphones, 
bugs for eavesdropping and hidden cameras in almost every room. A list 
of the 1,048 people catalogued by gang members confirms this, as some 
people have the note, “We have recordings on him made at the institute.”

Investigators say the gang used blackmail tactics to extort vital 
information about Turkey's security projects from individuals holding 
strategic positions at TÜBİTAK. The gang has an archive of footage 
showing male employees in compromising positions with women.

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