Intelligence
A secret Turkish intelligence deal with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham included no attacks in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As part of a covert agreement between the Turkish intelligence agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) and Hay’at Tahrir...
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Turkish intelligence has established an operations hub in Niger to project power across Africa
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence has established a significant presence in the landlocked nation of Niger, a strategic link between North...
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Turkey aims to expand overseas intelligence efforts with controversial appointment at foreign ministry
Levent Kenez/Stockholm With the official approval of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish intelligence officer has been formally appointed...
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Turkish diplomats’ spy activities lead to freezing of assets of US-based educational organizations on fabricated terrorism charges
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government on January 7 froze the assets of nine US-based organizations including six educational foundations accused...
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Syria’s new intelligence chief, Khattab, tied to Turkey’s spy agency, MIT
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Anas Hasan Khattab, the newly appointed 38-year-old director of Syria's General Intelligence Service (Al-Mukhabarat al-Amma, GIS), has maintained...
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Turkish intelligence agency MIT conducts covert surveillance in Strasbourg, France
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Classified Turkish government documents disclose that Turkey’s primary intelligence agency has discreetly set up a surveillance and monitoring...
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Turkish intelligence agency MIT conducts covert surveillance at US funeral to identify Erdogan critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), covertly conducted surveillance on US soil to identify individuals, including...
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Turkish intelligence knew of ISIS surveillance, but remained silent, leading to attack
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence was aware of an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operative embedded among refugees in...
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Turkish and Iranian intelligence agencies collaborated in kidnapping of Swedish national
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The 2020 abduction of Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Farajollah Chaab, also known as Habib Osayved, on Turkish soil was...
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UN accuses Turkish Intelligence of serious human rights violations and abuse of power
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has raised serious concerns in its latest observations following Turkey's second...
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