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Mossad and VEVAK targeted by Turkish counter-espionage service

Turkish intelligence service MIT, which is concerned about the growing number of foreign agents operating in Turkey, is strengthening its counter-espionage capacities. It has increasingly been carrying out arrests and breaking up spy cells, with the activities of the Iranian and Israeli intelligence services getting particular attention.

Moscow deploys military exports supremo Shugaev to sell the S550 to New Delhi

Russia has informally entrusted Dmitry Shugaev, the putative heir to Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov, with the strategic mission of selling its new anti-air defence system to the Indian Army.

Indian Defence and Production Secretary Shri Raj Kumar with FSVTS Chief Dmitry Shugaev.

SYRIA TURKEY Government Intelligence 04/11/2021

MIT's north Syrian outpost reflects Turkish unease

Turkey's increasingly belligerent tone on Syria could herald a new campaign in the country given the troop deployment extension ratified by parliament last week. The Turkish intelligence agency, which has been behind several arrests, is already quietly working in the area.

Insiders QATAR 25/10/2021

Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar wants its own sovereign weapons industry. Over the last three years, it has built Barzan Holdings out of nothing. To do this, Emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani has called upon the expertise - and contacts - of leading local figures and many foreign consultants.

Abdullah Hassan Al Khater (Barzan) and J-F Ricci (AKKA) sign an agreement.

TURKEY Government Intelligence 08/10/2021

Raft of generals resign from Turkish army over Erdogan's Syrian policy

Five years in Syria have pushed Turkey's troops to the limit. Exhaustion and increasingly dangerous conditions in Idlib have gnawed away at their operational capacities to such an extent that five generals have resigned in what is a veiled sign to Erdogan to reconsider Turkey's Syrian policy.

RUSSIA TURKEY UKRAINE International Dealmaking 28/09/2021

Turkey navigates narrow strait between Ukrainian defence and Russian gas

Turkey has been on good terms with Ukraine for several years, particularly in defence, however it is too soon to break things off with Russia, one of its key gas suppliers.

SpotlightTURKEY YEMEN Government Intelligence 13/09/2021

Ankara plans deployment of Syrian proxies in Yemen

After being willing to advance assets in Yemen, Ankara is next planning to deploy its Syrian proxies, reproducing its exportation of mercenaries, as well as continuing to support its network of humanitarian organisations in the country.

TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Government Intelligence 01/09/2021

Intelligence action behind Turkey-UAE rapprochement

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's official meeting with UAE's national security advisor Tahnoon bin Zayed and renewed ties with Abu Dhabi is the fruit of behind-the-scenes regional intelligence operations. While there is still a deep political divide between the two countries, the Turkish president hopes to encourage future Emirati investment.

UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (left) and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, 18 August 2021.

AFGHANISTAN TURKEY Government Intelligence 26/08/2021

Ankara maintains Afghan ambitions despite Taliban takeover

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan should have meant Turkey stepping in and taking control of Kabul airport but the Taliban's rapid advance changed all that. However Ankara is maintaining its objectives even if it means talking to Afghanistan's new authorities.

RUSSIA Corporate Intelligence 29/07/2021

Marat Kabaev, Putin's discreetly influential 'father-in-law', does Russia's bidding in Central Asia

Marat Kabaev, the leader of Tatarstan's business community and a relay for Vladimir Putin in Central Asia, reportedly also has personal ties to the president.

SpotlightKYRGYZSTAN TURKEY Government Intelligence 16/07/2021

Turkey's MIT sends team to Bishkek to carry out its latest anti-Gülen operation

Turkey's national intelligence organisation MIT, which has been tasked with carrying out operations against supposed supporters of the Gülen movement, recently sent a team to Central Asia to repatriate a Turkish citizen living there. It was officially congratulated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the success of its operation.

SpotlightTURKEY UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 14/07/2021

Wallace's Turkish Democracy Project bears Kaplan's hallmark

Mark Wallace, who has headed pressure groups financed by mining magnate Thomas Kaplan, has already upset Ankara with his new Turkish Democracy Project.

Thomas Kaplan, head of Tigris Financial Group and Electrum Group.

TURKEY Government Intelligence 17/06/2021

Ankara's spymasters squabble over best strategy against PKK

Still engaged in military operations against the PKK in northern Iraq, Turkey has been suffering heavy losses while failing to eradicate the perceived Kurdish threat. It is now rethinking its strategy while trying to ensure the continued support of the Kurdish KDP, its ally on the ground.

SpotlightTURKEY Government Intelligence 24/05/2021

Dahlan pesters Erdogan from Dubai through Peker

While it is steering clear of most regional issues at the moment, the UAE has not eased off on its Turkish nemesis, a position helped by the arrival of Turkish defector Sedat Peker and his high-value business networks.

TURKEY Government Intelligence 10/05/2021

Turkish intelligence service prepares a new anti-Gulen purge

Turkish intelligence service MIT has again been ordered to find more supposed supporters of outlawed imam Fethulah Gulen, whom Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of being behind the failed 2016 coup attempt in Turkey. A wave of new arrests is expected this summer in the ranks of the police.

SAUDI ARABIA TURKEY International Dealmaking 30/03/2021

Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Badr Jafar, the businessman 2.0 taking hold in the UAE

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Mossad and VEVAK targeted by Turkish counter-espionage service

Moscow deploys military exports supremo Shugaev to sell the S550 to New Delhi

MIT's north Syrian outpost reflects Turkish unease

Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Raft of generals resign from Turkish army over Erdogan's Syrian policy

Turkey navigates narrow strait between Ukrainian defence and Russian gas

Ankara plans deployment of Syrian proxies in Yemen

Intelligence action behind Turkey-UAE rapprochement

Ankara maintains Afghan ambitions despite Taliban takeover

Marat Kabaev, Putin's discreetly influential 'father-in-law', does Russia's bidding in Central Asia

Turkey's MIT sends team to Bishkek to carry out its latest anti-Gülen operation

Wallace's Turkish Democracy Project bears Kaplan's hallmark

Ankara's spymasters squabble over best strategy against PKK

Dahlan pesters Erdogan from Dubai through Peker

Turkish intelligence service prepares a new anti-Gulen purge

STII is Turkish drone maker Baykar's Riyadh go-between

MIT involved in Turkey-Egypt rapprochement

Moscow pushes for electronic warfare comeback after Nagorno-Karabakh debacle

Hakan Fidan stays out of limelight after MIT hostage rescue fiasco

Ankara undoes IAI and Alenia's old local networks

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