HDP co-chair says he knows there is bug in his office

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said that he knew there was bug in his offices at the Turkish Parliament before creating a wave online by sharing a jocular Tweet.

Speaking at a party congress in the eastern province of Siirt on Dec. 18, Demirtaş said he was being wiretapped and there were bugs in his offices at Parliament, as reported by Doğan News Agency.

"They are afraid of giving themselves away. They are wiretapping my phones; there are still bugs at my house and party offices at Parliament," Demirtaş said. "We are not removing the bugs. We want them to listen to us, so that they may become decent people."

Demirtaş said he even knew where the bug was put in his room.

"They fear being wiretapped because they talk about theft and corruption, but we do not have those fears. We speak in our room as we have spoken here," he said

Following his speech, Demirtaş posted Tweets concerning the Dec. 17, 2013 graft operation, saying the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement were actually partners in crime.

"We don't have to side with pro-coup people, nor with thieves. We stand against both of them," he wrote.

Demirtaş sent a tweet to address those who criticized him for his comments, calling them "şapşikler" in reference to "şaplallar" in Turkish, which means "sillies" but in a more intimate manner. 

"Moreover, I love you all, including those who harshly criticize me, şapşikler," it said.