ANKARA – Recent findings suggest that the Gülen Movement has published unlawfully acquired and manipulated audio and video tape recordings through a proxy server mostly used to block access to those who publish content containing child porn, creating a security net for their illegal publications. Turkey's telecommunications authority (TİB), the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and the Security Intelligence Units were urged to take action following the leaking of tens of manipulated voice recordings on the Internet as an investigation was started by the Public Prosecution Office of Ankara.
The investigation into the wiretapping and voice recordings scandal revealed that the tapes were published through different IP addresses, and a more thorough investigation showed that there was a proxy shield, known to be widely used for publishing illegal child porn content, making it impossible to reach those who record and publish the material as the location is intentionally directed through another country. The proxy program also enables access to the content through the Internet by using countries with no penalties to publish the content and makes it impossible to lay charges against offenders.
Many social media accounts publishing such content were investigated by the Public Prosecutor of Ankara and it was discovered that these accounts published content from Canada, Denmark, India, the U.S., China, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Bulgaria. However, the investigation could not go further as these countries refused to disclose information about the owners of the IP addresses.
The government of the U.S. also refused to hand over information about YouTube and Twitter accounts.
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