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Iran-PKK hostilities may re-ignite

The fragile ceasefire between Tehran and the Iranian branch of the Kurdish separatist movement, the PJAK, appears increasingly under threat. [...]

Subscribers only Defence 29.04.2015

Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey's Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), [...]

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Beijing and Ankara row over Uighur

The arrests of 17 Turkish passport-holding ethnic Uighur in Thailand on March 17 has brought to the fore the growing [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 08.04.2015

Omar Babtain, Turkish magnates' man in Riyadh

Western companies are not the only ones busily adapting to the changes in Riyadh. Consultant Omar Babtain is helping Turkish interests navigate the new regime.

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The MIT

The MIT recently dismantled a network of supporters of exiled [...]

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Istanbul unsafe for former USSR dissidents

The assassination of Umarali Kuvatov, an exiled opponent of Tajik [...]

Subscribers only Operations 25.03.2015

Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan was reappointed head of the Milli Istihbarat Teskilati [...]

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Erdogan devises super-MIT

The next head of the MIT could have broader powers as a result of a reform of Turkey's intelligence apparatus.

Subscribers only 25.02.2015

Serdar Kilic

Serdar Kilic, Turkey's ambassador to the US, is one of [...]

Subscribers only 25.02.2015

As Intelligence Online revealed recently (IOL 728), Turkey's intelligence chief Hakan Fidan is going to run for office in Turkey's forthcoming general elections. The choice of his interim successor illustrates Ankara's priorities.

Subscribers only 11.02.2015

Ankara tries to discredit Gulen

Although Ankara is officially preparing a formal request for the extradition of the influential US-based imam Fethullah Gulen, Turkey’s Prime [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 11.02.2015

Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan, the shadowy director of the Turkish intelligence agency [...]

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Pro-Ankara Kurdish militia could turn coat

Certain disgruntled pro-government Kurdish Village Guard units are understood to [...]

Subscribers only Defence 28.01.2015

Turkish Hezbollah actively supports IS

Turkey’s MIT fears that stronger implication by Ankara in the fight against Islamic State (IS) might spur the development of [...]

Subscribers only Defence 24.12.2014

Ankara ditching end-user certificates, say sources

Several sources say that Turkey is pursuing secret bi-lateral agreements [...]

Subscribers only Defence 24.12.2014

Turkey and Barzani launch secret plan

Turkey’s prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu recently leaked information about a secret Turkish programme to train and equip Kurdish Peshmerga to [...]

Subscribers only Defence 26.11.2014

Airbus in new corruption scandal

The Turkish government is investigating the alleged payment of illegal kickbacks to Turkish officials by Airbus Helicopters, the former Eurocopter. [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 12.11.2014

The MIT

The MIT has not escaped unscathed from President Recep Tayyip [...]

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MIT, CIA ignore diplomatic spat

While they continue to disagree in public over the Syrian crisis, Washington and Ankara have intensified their military and intelligence [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.10.2014

Army procurement shake-up

According to our sources, Ismail Demir, the new head of [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 15.10.2014

Ankara, Eurosam in exclusive talks

Ankara has entered exclusive negotations with Eurosam on the T-LORAMIDS contract, according to Intelligence Online's sources.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 01.10.2014

Turkey's Koc hires former ambassador

David Reddaway, who served as British ambassador to Turkey from 2009 to 2014, was hired earlier this month to advise [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 01.10.2014

Muhammet Dervisoglu

Muhammet Dervisoglu,Hakan Fidan‘s former number two at the Turkish intelligence [...]

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Ankara deploys special forces

In the wake of the recently resolved Turkish consular hostage [...]

Subscribers only Defence 01.10.2014

Fidan's MIT caught between PKK and Daesh

The director of Turkey's Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), Hakan Fidan, will need plenty of skill to juggle the competing interests of keeping the PKK in check and combating Islamic State, or Daesh.

Subscribers only 17.09.2014

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All articles - Turkey

Iran-PKK hostilities may re-ignite

Hakan Fidan

Beijing and Ankara row over Uighur

Omar Babtain, Turkish magnates' man in Riyadh

The MIT

Istanbul unsafe for former USSR dissidents

Hakan Fidan

Erdogan devises super-MIT

Serdar Kilic

MIT makes IS a priority

Ankara tries to discredit Gulen

Hakan Fidan

Pro-Ankara Kurdish militia could turn coat

Turkish Hezbollah actively supports IS

Ankara ditching end-user certificates, say sources

Turkey and Barzani launch secret plan

Airbus in new corruption scandal

The MIT

MIT, CIA ignore diplomatic spat

Army procurement shake-up

Ankara, Eurosam in exclusive talks

Turkey's Koc hires former ambassador

Muhammet Dervisoglu

Ankara deploys special forces

Fidan's MIT caught between PKK and Daesh

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Iran-PKK hostilities may re-ignite

Hakan Fidan

Beijing and Ankara row over Uighur

Omar Babtain, Turkish magnates' man in Riyadh

The MIT

Istanbul unsafe for former USSR dissidents

Hakan Fidan

Erdogan devises super-MIT

Serdar Kilic

MIT makes IS a priority

Ankara tries to discredit Gulen

Hakan Fidan

Pro-Ankara Kurdish militia could turn coat

Turkish Hezbollah actively supports IS

Ankara ditching end-user certificates, say sources

Turkey and Barzani launch secret plan

Airbus in new corruption scandal

The MIT

MIT, CIA ignore diplomatic spat

Army procurement shake-up

Ankara, Eurosam in exclusive talks

Turkey's Koc hires former ambassador

Muhammet Dervisoglu

Ankara deploys special forces

Fidan's MIT caught between PKK and Daesh

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