Turkish chief prosecutor's office to withdraw demand to testify MIT undersecretary

ISTANBUL (A.A) - February 20, 2012 - Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office with Special Authority said on Monday that it would withdraw an instruction sent to Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office to testify the undersecretary of National Intelligence Organization (MIT). Under an amendment to State Intelligence Services and MIT Law, the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office with Special Authority would send an instruction to Ankara Prosecutor's Office to testify MIT Undersecretary Hakan Fidan. On February 8, an Istanbul prosecutor ordered Turkey's chief intelligence official to testify in an investigation into an alleged urban network of the terrorist PKK organization. Hakan Fidan as well as the organization's former head Emre Taner and its former deputy head Afet Gunes were called for testimony before the prosecutor with special authority.