Turkish intelligence admits blacklisting

ISTANBUL

The documents include personal and political background information on the CHP’s Tunceli deputies Hüseyin Aygün and Kamer Genç, Ankara deputies Emine Ülker Tarhan and Levent Gök, Denizli deputy İlhan Cihaner and CHP Deputy Chair Nihat Matkap. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ

Turkey’s intelligence agency, National Intelligence Oragnization (MIT), has reportedly accepted blacklisting the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputies and businessmen linked with those to hinder them from running for public tenders, in a letter it officially penned to the Ankara Public Prosecutor.“Turkish state’s security and interior/foreign benefits” was the reason, the MİT said according to a report published by the daily Taraf yesterday.The MİT asked for a broadcast ban for the investigation after the daily Taraf reported the story first in June, but the daily Taraf obtained the document sent to the prosecutor, report said.“The top secret documents, revealed by the mentioned broadcaster [Taraf], obviously contain information that should remain secret,” the MİT said in the letter.The documents include personal and political background information on the CHP’s Tunceli deputies Hüseyin Aygün and Kamer Genç, Ankara deputies Emine Ülker Tarhan and Levent Gök, Denizli deputy İlhan Cihaner and CHP Deputy Chair Nihat Matkap.