The head of Turkey’s intelligence service has resigned to run in a parliamentary election in June, officials said. Hakan Fidan, one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s closest confidants, played a key role in trying to stop the hacking of confidential state communications during a corruption scandal implicating Erdogan’s inner circle last year. He is seen by…

Turkey’s powerful intelligence chief, one of the most steadfast allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the man who exposed a Mossad network causing major fallout with Israel, has resigned to stand for election as a lawmaker in upcoming elections. The resignation of Hakan Fidan, who has headed the National Intelligence Agency (MIT) since 2010, could…