Turkey’s Fidan says he survived assassination abroad as head of intel

Turkey’s Fidan says he survived assassination abroad as head of intel

The top Turkish diplomat has revealed that he was poisoned with arsenic and mercury during his tenure as the intelligence chief.

Turkish FM says he was poisoned with heavy metals as spy chief - Turkish Minute

Turkey's top diplomat revealed in an interview on Friday that he was poisoned with arsenic and mercury during his tenure as head of Turkey's intelligence agency.

National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org https://www.mit.gov.tr/tarihce/tarihce-kitabi.pdf

BÜLENT KORUCU | COMMENT For an intelligence chief to make this statement, he either has brain damage as a result of poisoning or he must be very badly stuck. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan missed the mark while telling stories of ‘heroism’ on a pro-government television channel and said, “We were physically subjected to assassination, we were poisoned and we received treatment. I didn’t say it before. Heavy arsenic […] Hakan Fidan also …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan stated that FETÖ targeted him and his family when he was the head of MIT and said, "I was given heavy doses of arsenic and mercury. It happened somewhere and then it showed up in the tests. It's been 4-5 years." Fidan explained the sneaky assassination attempt for the first time.

In statements to TV24, Hakan Fidan revealed that he had been the victim of poisoning 4-5 years ago, raising suspicions that it may have been an assassination attempt on the opposition.