Turkey's top judicial board on Tuesday voted to launch an investigation into the two prosecutors alleged to have illegally wiretapped thousands of people including prominent politicians, businessmen and journalists.
The two prosecutors, Adem Ozcan and Adnan Cimen, agreed to be investigated by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK).
The ruling requires ratification from the Justice Ministry.
Turkey's dailies published Monday a list of 7,000 people -- including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well as a number of politicians, journalists, academics, business leaders and civil society representatives -- whose phones had been wiretapped for three years, by two prosecutors of the Istanbul Court who are allegedly linked to a "parallel structure" nestled within the country's police and judiciary.
The alleged interceptions took place as part of a legal file run by an Istanbul court under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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