Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is involved in the spread on Internet video defaming former leader of the People's Democratic Party, Deniz Baykal. This is evidenced by an audio recording on which Erdogan instructed on the phone his subordinates to place the videos on Internet.
In 2010 Deniz Baikal had to resign as party chairman due to those videos. And now when these audio recordings have appeared Baikal demanded from Erdogan an official explanation. This is the second blow to Erdogan in a day after the Ankara Court ruled to unblock the social network Twitter. -05D-
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