Tonight we listened to a 11 minute talk between Erdoğan and his son Bilal on the day of December 17, Corruption Operation began… Supposedly, Bilal asks his father how to disappear millions of cash. The voices sound genuine but who knows. With this level of technology everything is possible. Gülenist accounts seem to approve the validity of the tape. Some others, not Gülenists, but pro-CHP accounts also tend to believe in the validity. Even if the tape is a case of montage, what I observe tonight is that this seems to be the hardest blow to Erdoğan’s rule. At midnight PM’s office denied the reality of this tape as expected. Head of Intelligence met with PM Erdoğan after the leak spread at the internets… So far it is disseminated through a Youtube video, which is announced by an anonymous Twitter account.
Turkey?s bazaar of bootleg tapes
Bugged recordings of some of the most prominent people in national life are appearing almost every day, creating a a surreptitious oral history of Turkish society
In other news:
New intel law will turn Turkey into ?al-Assad state?: CHP chief
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accused PM Erdoğan of creating a Mukhaberat-style secret police
HDP local election campaigners attacked by crowd in Aegean town
The People?s Democratic Party?s campaign team were targeted in Urla by a crowd of 1,000 people chanting nationalist slogans
Turkey appeals ECHR?s record fine for 38 villagers killed in 1994 airstrike
The Justice Ministry decided to file an appeal after the Turkish General Staff made two objections regarding the ruling
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