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David Cohen

David Cohen, the head of the US Department of Treasury's [...]

Subscribers only 05.09.2012

Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

The support that Damascus is providing to the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) has upset the balance of power between the [...]

Subscribers only Defence 22.08.2012

The MIT

The MIT, Turkey's intelligence service, debriefed Syrian Brigadier General Manaf [...]

Subscribers only 22.08.2012

Kurdish rep goes to Washington

Playing middleman between the United States and PKK Kurdish rebels, [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 22.08.2012

CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Increasingly active in Iraqi Kurdistan, Washington and Ankara will oversee the merger of Kurdistan's intelligence services into a single structure.

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Hakan Fidan

Hakan Fidan, the director of the Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.2012

Kurds the last to stand by Assad

The Syrian regime is still holding the north and east of the country thanks to backing from armed Kurdish groups like the PKK and Democratic Union Party. Washington and Ankara are seeking to push the Kurds aside.

Subscribers only 04.07.2012

Opposition forces find sanctuary

Without saying it in so many words, when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decreed on June 26 that any [...]

Free access Defence 04.07.2012

Perilous pilgrimage

The kidnapping of 11 Lebanese pilgrims on the Syria-Turkey border has mobilised the region's intelligence services, particularly since some hostages may have been agents.

Subscribers only 06.06.2012

Damascus helps PKK

Thanks to the support Damascus' security services have provided since the beginning of the year (IOL 662), the Kurdish separatist [...]

Subscribers only Defence 06.06.2012

Congress drone stand-off

The visit by Turkey's Chief of General Staff Necdet Özel to Washington last week had a number of official purposes, [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 23.05.2012

Murat Ozcelik

Murat Ozcelik, Turkey's intelligence coordinator, resigned abruptly last week following [...]

Subscribers only 23.05.2012

Barzani and Erdogan v Maliki

Openly hostile to Baghdad and the PKK, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan has allied himself with Ankara.

Subscribers only Defence 09.05.2012

Buffer zone debate

The Syrian crisis was the main topic of discussion when Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyib Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King [...]

Subscribers only Defence 25.04.2012

Private air reconnaissance

Given the crises in neighbouring Syria, Kurdistan and Iran, Turkey's military intelligence services are poorly equipped to monitor the country's [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 25.04.2012

Damascus seals pact with PKK

Bashar al-Assad's regime has reactivated its ties with the PKK Kurdish separatists in retaliation for Turkey's logistical support of the Syrian Free Army.

Subscribers only 04.04.2012

David Petraeus

David Petraeus visited Ankara on March 13 to meet his [...]

Subscribers only 04.04.2012

Mukhabarat’s prize catch

Hakan Fidan, the director of the Turkish intelligence service Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), met Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on [...]

Subscribers only Operations 21.03.2012

Libyan brigades for Syria

On March 19, the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet published an advertisement from the Libyan embassy in Turkey seeking hotels in [...]

Free access Defence 21.03.2012

MIT versus the Mukhabarat

The Turkish intelligence agency Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT) has embarked on a PR exercise of sorts after its prestige took [...]

Free access Operations 07.03.2012

Syria and Turkey's intelligence wars

To destabilise Turkey, which has become a base for the Free Syrian Army, the Syrian intelligence services are spreading rumours and handing out wads of cash.

Subscribers only 22.02.2012

Police v MIT

Dissent within the AKP, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party, is having an impact on the Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MIT), [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 22.02.2012

Targeted lobbying in Washington

Former Democratic House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt’s lobbying firm Gephardt [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 22.02.2012

Genocide law bad for business

The law approved by the French parliament on January 23 making it a criminal offence in to deny the Armenian [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.02.2012

Security cooperation continues

Despite diplomatic fall-out from France’s new law criminalising the denial [...]

Subscribers only Defence 08.02.2012

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All articles - Turkey

David Cohen

Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

The MIT

Kurdish rep goes to Washington

CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Hakan Fidan

Kurds the last to stand by Assad

Opposition forces find sanctuary

Perilous pilgrimage

Damascus helps PKK

Congress drone stand-off

Murat Ozcelik

Barzani and Erdogan v Maliki

Buffer zone debate

Private air reconnaissance

Damascus seals pact with PKK

David Petraeus

Mukhabarat’s prize catch

Libyan brigades for Syria

MIT versus the Mukhabarat

Syria and Turkey's intelligence wars

Police v MIT

Targeted lobbying in Washington

Genocide law bad for business

Security cooperation continues

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David Cohen

Syrian Kurds stage PKK putsch

The MIT

Kurdish rep goes to Washington

CIA, MIT merge Kurdish services

Hakan Fidan

Kurds the last to stand by Assad

Opposition forces find sanctuary

Perilous pilgrimage

Damascus helps PKK

Congress drone stand-off

Murat Ozcelik

Barzani and Erdogan v Maliki

Buffer zone debate

Private air reconnaissance

Damascus seals pact with PKK

David Petraeus

Mukhabarat’s prize catch

Libyan brigades for Syria

MIT versus the Mukhabarat

Syria and Turkey's intelligence wars

Police v MIT

Targeted lobbying in Washington

Genocide law bad for business

Security cooperation continues

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