National Intelligence Organization

Hakan Fidan returned to work as the head of the National Intelligence Organization (M?T) late March 10 after he withdrew his application to run for parliament for the ruling party amid an ongoing legal dispute over his return to his former post.

A month after his resignation from his position as head of Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T), Hakan Fidan announced on March 9 that he wanted to return to his post, withdrawing his candidacy for parliament in the June 7 elections on the list of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti).

Hakan Fidan, the chief of the National Intelligence Organization (M?T), has had to abandon his desire to run for active politics from the ranks of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), four weeks after he resigned from his job.

With Hakan Fidan making a quick exit from politics back to the post of undersecretary of the National Intelligence Organization, is it possible to assume that the Fidan incident was a humiliation for Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and a declaration of victory for President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in the first major battle for power in the ruling party?

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has repeated his disappointment with former head of the National Intelligence Organization (M?T) Hakan Fidan?s resignation from the post to run for parliament during the June 7 elections.

The awareness was there. So was the ambition to make cyber security the country?s ?fifth force.? Events in a span of less than two years have shown that Turkey is still too far away from building reliable defenses against cyber threats.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an decided to return to Turkey from his long tour to three Latin American countries a day earlier than planned. There has been much speculation about his decision, but presidential sources claim that there was no special reason for his early return to home. 

The Turkish state?s most enigmatic figure has created such a star effect in politics that even President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is heartbroken. Hakan Fidan?s resignation from the top post in intelligence and move into politics is probably the biggest political event of 2015. And this may even overshadow the upcoming elections. Here is why.

The president?s apparent reaction against a decision by the country?s intelligence chief to resign and run for parliament stems from the high opinion he has of Hakan Fidan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has argued, while underlining Fidan?s right to make his own career decision.

Sources for an anti-government social media whistleblower have been revealed in the Istanbul police organization, a Turkish security official told daily Hürriyet on condition of anonymity on Feb. 10.