An Istanbul court ruled to suspend the trial of an intelligence official yesterday, in order to request permission from the prime minister’s office, in accordance with a recent bill rushed through Parliament to shield Turkey’s top intelligence chief from prosecution, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Specially authorized Istanbul Prosecutor Murat Alkuş issued the request to suspend the proceedings against a high – ranking member of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), due to the new law that requires the permission of the prime minister’s office to press charges against MİT officials.
The court delegation then decided to separate the suspect’s file from the case regarding the “Action Plan to Combat Reactionism,” indicating that the suspect was the MİT’s Istanbul Deputy Regional Director at the time of the alleged offense.
