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| Turkey: Intelligence Chief Must Testify |
| [11.02.2012, 09:09pm, Sat. GMT] |
The chief of the Turkish intelligence agency and four of his former colleagues were compelled to testify on Friday as part of an investigation into the P.K.K., the Kurdish separatist group, the latest round in a power struggle between the country’s security forces and its intelligence agency. Hakan Fidan, the chief of the National Intelligence Organization, or the M.I.T., and his former colleagues had held secret meetings with P.K.K. leaders in Oslo, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the news media last year. The meetings had been authorized by the government.Mr. Fidan refused to testify on Thursday, which prompted arrest warrants and a second invitation for the M.I.T. chief. Although the nature of the arrest warrants are unclear, prosecutors are likely to question the agents’ alleged role in the urban networking of the P.K.K., news media reports said.
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