The Turkish parliament adopted on Tuesday a motion to investigate allegations claiming that the office of the Secretary General of Turkey's main opposition party was wire-tapped.
The motion, submitted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was adopted with the support of all political parties in the parliament.
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) claimed its offices had been victim of electronic tapping after an Islamist daily published a conversation between the party's number two person and a governor. Although the event turned out to be the result of clumsiness, illegal tapping remains an important problem in Turkey.
Turkish local newspapers last week claimed a court in Ankara mandated the security forces to track each phone and online conversation in the country. The claims were rejected by officials saying the mandate was not for tapping but "monitoring".
The commission that appointed to carry out the investigation is to comprise of 16 members and is to be assigned for a period of 3 months, officials said.