s National Intelligence Organization

The Uludere air raid, which left 34 villagers dead, was caused by ?erroneous? intelligence provided by Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T), daily Cumhuriyet has alleged, but official sources have denied the claim.

The Uludere air raid, which left 34 villagers dead, was caused by ?erroneous? intelligence Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T), daily Cumhuriyet has alleged. 

Ambassador Öztürk Y?lmaz, Turkey?s former consul general to Mosul who was among 49 hostages held by extremist militants in Iraq for 101 days, has resigned from Foreign Ministry to run in the Nov. 1 snap parliamentary elections as a candidate lawmaker for the Republican People?s Party (CHP), Turkish media reports said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an?s application to the Ankara Prosecutor?s Office to launch a case demanding up to two life terms in prison against prominent journalist Can Dündar is the latest example of pressure on the media which has been on the rise for the last few weeks as the country is just days ahead of June 7 elections.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has filed a criminal complaint against a Turkish newspaper and its editor over a critical news report, asking him to be jailed for life. The move came hours after Erdo?an said the journalist would pay a ?heavy price,? as international condemnation poured in.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is back hounding a media organ, this time daily Cumhuriyet, and Can Dündar, its editor-in-chief, for publishing footage about three Syria-bound trucks that were stopped by the gendarmerie near Adana in January 2014. It turned out at the time that the trucks belonged to Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T).

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).

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has claimed there is a plot to close down his party, while stressing that Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is unaware of the plot that has been hatched by a group within Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T).

Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against a Turkish noncommissioned officer who was kidnapped by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in January, for ?harming the reputation of the state and the army,? daily Milliyet has reported.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has indicated he considers the apparent difference of view between President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu over the outgoing intelligence chief?s decision to run for parliament a farce.