Wikileaks releases mails belonging to Erdogan's AKP

Wikileaks Releases 295,000 Emails Belonging To Erdogan’s AKP Party. Turkey Blocks Wikileaks Site

Wikileaks Erdoğan'ın AKP Partiye Ait 22.000 E-posta Bültenleri. Türkiye Blok Site Wikileaks

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YAYIN: Türkiye'nin iktidar partisinden 294,548 email, Erdoğan'ın AKP'sinin #AKPemailleri http://wikileaks.org/akp-emails/ 

The Duran,

20 July, 2016

The emails come from akparti.org.tr which is the primary domain of AKP, President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party.

Adding more fuel to Erdogan’s fire, or simply an unwelcome distraction for the Sultan of Turkey, as he continues to purge any remnants of opposition to his absolute and limitless rule?

Time will tell, as we sort out the almost 295.000 email bodies that were released late last night by WikiLeaks concerning Turkey’s AKP political party.

According to Wikileaks this is the first part of what is a much larger AKP email cache that covers 762 inboxes beginning with ‘A’ and ending with ‘I’.

The emails come from akparti.org.tr which is the primary domain of AKP, President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party.

The email cache was obtained a week before Friday’s coup, and the publication release date was pushed forward in response to Erdogan’s massive post-coup purges. The oldest emails date back to 2010, while the newest email is dated July 6, 2016.

Wikileaks is reporting that the majority of emails deal with international matters, as opposed to internal issues.

Espousing European values and ideals, Turkey has taken swift and immediate action to block access to the WikiLeaks website. The block was initiated was by Turkey’s internet watchdog, while Turkey’s Telecommunications Communications Board called the move an “administrative measure,” a term commonly used by the organization when blocking access to websites…which Turkey does a lot of, just ask Facebook and Twitter.

Always ready to lend a helping hand to people living in free-press loving Turkey (curious to read the content of the emails), Wikileaks tweeted to followers in Turkey that they can use a proxy or “any of our IPs https://141.105.65.113/akp-emails/ (confirm security exception) #Turkey.”

Via Wikileaks web site…

Today, 11pm Anakara Time, WikiLeaks releases part one of the AKP Emails. AKP, or the Justice & Development Party, is the ruling party of Turkey and is the political force behind the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Part one of the series covers 762 mail boxes beginning with ‘A’ through to ‘I’ containing 294,548 email bodies together with many thousands of attached files. The emails come from “akparti.org.tr”, the AKP’s primary domain. The most recent was sent on July 6, 2016. The oldest dates back to 2010. It should be noted that emails associated with the domain are mostly used for dealing with the world, as opposed to the most sensitive internal matters.

The material was obtained a week before the attempted coup. However, WikiLeaks has moved forward its publication schedule in response to the government’s post-coup purges. We have verified the material and the source, who is not connected, in any way, to the elements behind the attempted coup, or to a rival political party or state.

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Today, 11pm Anakara Time, WikiLeaks releases part one of the AKP Emails. AKP, or the Justice & Development Party, is the ruling party of Turkey and is the political force behind the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Part one of the series covers 762 mail boxes beginning with 'A' through to 'I' containing 294,548 email bodies together with many thousands of attached files. The emails come from "akparti.org.tr", the AKP's primary domain. The most recent was sent on July 6, 2016. The oldest dates back to 2010. It should be noted that emails associated with the domain are mostly used for dealing with the world, as opposed to the most sensitive internal matters.

The material was obtained a week before the attempted coup. However, WikiLeaks has moved forward its publication schedule in response to the government's post-coup purges. We have verified the material and the source, who is not connected, in any way, to the elements behind the attempted coup, or to a rival political party or state.

Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks after ruling party email dump

Reuters,

20 July, 2916

Turkey has blocked access to the WikiLeaks website, the telecoms watchdog said on Wednesday, hours after it leaked thousands of ruling party emails just as Ankara grapples with the aftermath of a failed military coup.

Around 50,000 soldiers, police, judges and teachers have been suspended or detained since the attempted coup on the weekend, and Turkey's Western allies have expressed concern over the crackdown's reach.

WikiLeaks on Tuesday released nearly 300,000 emails from the AK Party dating from 2010 to July 6 this year. Obtained before the attempted coup, the date of their publication was brought forward "in response to the government's post-coup purges", WikiLeaks said on its website.

The source of the emails was not connected to the coup plotters or to a rival political party or state, WikiLeaks said.

Founded by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks publishes leaked material, mostly from governments. In 2010, the organization published classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

Turkey's Telecommunications Communications Board said on Wednesday that an "administrative measure" had been taken against the website - the term it commonly uses when blocking access to sites.

Turkey routinely uses Internet shutdowns in response to political events, which critics and human rights advocates see as part of a broader attack on the media and freedom of expression.