Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT)

The provided text offers an extensive overview of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT), tracing its historical evolution from its origins in the late Ottoman Empire through its modern-day status. It highlights key phases, including the formation of early intelligence agencies focused on state preservation, its role during the Cold War as a NATO partner and its involvement in the "deep state" and "Counter-Guerrilla" networks, and its transformation during the 1990s' "dirty war" against the PKK. The document then details MİT's civilianization and centralization under Hakan Fidan and President Erdoğan, its expanded operational mandate post-2016 coup attempt, and its current position as a technologically advanced global actor heavily involved in foreign policy execution and domestic control. Ultimately, the text illustrates MİT's shift from a state guardian to a powerful driver of Turkish policy, closely intertwined with the executive.

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