Erdogan: Eavesdropping on security meeting shows lack of ethics

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said recordings of a secret security meeting are “immoral, villainous and show a lack of honour”.

He continued by asking: “For whose benefit did someone eavesdrop on a very important meeting and leak its contents?” Recordings of the meeting were leaked and broadcast on YouTube.

Speaking at a gathering of his supporters in the city of Diyarbakir, southeast of the country, ahead of local elections on March 30, Erdogan said the meeting related to issues of national security and the measures to be taken to protect the tomb of Suleiman Shah.

The premier said his government eliminated the policy of denial and ethnic assimilation against Kurds and opened a channel in Kurdish to address the Kurdish population. He pointing out that under his Justice and Development Party it has become possible to receive an education and run electoral campaigns in Kurdish.