Turkey’s main opposition party CHP allows spy agency MIT to develop assets abroad

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a controversial move, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) has authorized unfettered access to the country’s infamous intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), empowering the agency to vet party members — particularly those in foreign offices — thereby increasing MIT’s ability to hide its operations … Continue reading Turkey’s main opposition party CHP allows spy agency MIT to develop assets abroad