Turkey shifts wiretapping, internet-control powers to Erdogan’s cybersecurity body

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has transferred far-reaching powers over wiretapping, internet access, communications infrastructure, online censorship and digital traffic from the country’s telecommunications regulator to the executive-controlled Cyber Security Presidency (Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığ), a sweeping restructuring that is designed to further empower President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and…