In Turkey the revelation last month by the ministry of justice that 70,000 telephones have been monitored by the state in the last three years, has provoked a major controversy. Many of the telephone taps are related to an ongoing investigation and trial into an alleged conspiracy by a secular nationalist group known as Ergenekon to overthrow the Islamic rooted government now controlled by the AK Party. But there is an increasing feeling that the investigation could turn Turkey into a big brother state.
via VOA News - Phone Tapping in Turkey Raises Privacy Concerns.
