Turkish Intelligence ChiefBoth Iconoclast and Target

Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s highly intellectual and pro-West intelligence chief, has drawn a lot of attention and criticism as the architect of the peace process with the PKK.
Demonstrators hold Kurdish flags and flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a gathering to celebrate Newroz in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir March 21, 2013. Ocalan ordered his fighters on Thursday to cease fire and withdraw from Turkish soil as a step to ending a conflict that has killed 40,000 people, riven the country and battered its economy. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds, gathered in the regional centre of Diyarbakir, cheered and waved b
Demonstrators in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir hold Kurdish flags and flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who declared a cease-fire and withdrawal, March 21, 2013. - REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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Rasim Ozan Kutahyali
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The name of Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s intelligence chief, is appearing in reputable American newspapers in extremely negative contexts.

Before going into those negative comments in the Western media, it would be best to convey some information and my personal views about the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) official.

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