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Turkey kills ISIS leader in Syria, says Erdoğan

Turkey kills ISIS leader in Syria, says Erdoğan

The operation went down in a village 10 kilometers from the Hatay border, according to open-source research.

2 May 2023 Vecih Cuzdan

Journalist Barış Terkoğlu to be paid damages for imprisonment over 'intelligence officer' report

Journalist Barış Terkoğlu to be paid damages for imprisonment over 'intelligence officer' report

Terkoğlu and other journalists were put on trial because of reports about an intelligence officer who was killed in Libya.

28 September 2022

Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

‘DISCLOSING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER’

Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel and Barış Pehlivan sent to jail again

With their prison sentences upheld by the appeals court, journalists Barış Pehlivan and Hülya Kılınç and columnist Murat Ağırel have been sent to prison.

15 February 2022

One out of every three ‘spies’ caught in Germany is from Turkey

One out of every three ‘spies’ caught in Germany is from Turkey

The government has answered the Parliamentary question of Left Party (Die Linke) MP Sevim Dağdelen in Germany and said that there is an increase in Ankara’s “espionage” activities against dissidents from Turkey. Dağdelen herself is also targeted.

Request for hearing former intelligence chief Eymür as a witness in Midyat JİTEM case

Request for hearing former intelligence chief Eymür as a witness in Midyat JİTEM case

In the wake of his remarks on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, lawyer Kuzu requests that Eymür, a former head of the counterterrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization, be heard as a witness in the Midyat JİTEM case.

10 November 2021

'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings

'The state can do anything': Retired intelligence chief admits torture, extrajudicial killings

Eymür says he doesn't regret what he did, and it's "legitimate" for the state to commit such practices. He criticizes those who did these for "personal interests" though.

8 November 2021

‘Prosecutors endeavoured to allege a crime through their interpretation’

MİT NEWS TRIAL

‘Prosecutors endeavoured to allege a crime through their interpretation’

PEN Norway has analyzed the indictment issued against journalists for allegedly revealing the identity of an intelligence officer. The report has concluded that the indictment “does not even satisfy the minimum criteria expected of such a document.”

16 November 2020

Hrant Dink murder case: Court reverses its decision to hear senior intelligence officer

Hrant Dink murder case: Court reverses its decision to hear senior intelligence officer

Having reversed its decision to hear two National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officers in the Hrant Dink murder case, the İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has now also reversed its decision to hear MİT İstanbul Chief Ahmet Köksoy.

16 September 2020

'The grudge and rage of the government destroyed the common sense in court rooms'

STATEMENT OF JOURNALIST MURAT AĞIREL

'The grudge and rage of the government destroyed the common sense in court rooms'

Arrested over news regarding the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya, journalist Barış Pehlivan has made his defense as to the accusations: “A state that lacks justice gets destroyed by its own injustices."

9 September 2020

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists ahead of today’s hearing

Prosecutor demands prison sentence for journalists ahead of today’s hearing

Announcing his opinion as to the accusations ahead of their second hearing, prosecutor demands that eight people, including seven journalists, three of whom behind bars, shall be sentenced to prison for revealing the identity of an intelligence officer.

9 September 2020

Erdoğan: Turkey’s intelligence organization has been a game-changer in Libya

Erdoğan: Turkey’s intelligence organization has been a game-changer in Libya

“Thanks to our widening area of influence in foreign intelligence, our country has begun to take its place on all platforms as a regional and global power,” President Erdoğan has said at the opening ceremony of new service building of the MİT.

Intelligence officer case: 'They arrested us to make an example of journalists'

Intelligence officer case: 'They arrested us to make an example of journalists'

Three of the six journalists were released on Wednesday in the case over reporting an intelligence officer's death in Libya.

Three journalists released, three remain in jail in case over reporting intelligence officer's killing

Three journalists released, three remain in jail in case over reporting intelligence officer's killing

Six journalists appeared before court today after months of pre-trial detention in the case over the reports on a MİT officer’s death in Libya.

‘None of us is free when journalists are behind bars’

‘None of us is free when journalists are behind bars’

Jailed journalists Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Hülya Kılınç, Ferhat Çelik, Aydın Keser and Murat Ağırel stood trial for the first time today. Before hearing started, politicians, journalists and rights defenders staged a protest in front of İstanbul Courthouse.

24 June 2020 Hikmet Adal

Call for Solidarity with Arrested Journalists: Journalism is not a Crime

YENİ YAŞAM WORKERS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, MPs

Call for Solidarity with Arrested Journalists: Journalism is not a Crime

Professional organizations, journalists and MPs have expressed solidarity in a press statement following the recent arrest of daily Yeni Yaşam Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik and Managing Editor Aydın Keser and Yeniçağ columnist Murat Ağırel.

9 March 2020 Hikmet Adal

Alleged Relation of ISIS Leader in Turkey to Intelligence Agency on Parliamentary Agenda

Alleged Relation of ISIS Leader in Turkey to Intelligence Agency on Parliamentary Agenda

MPs from the CHP and the HDP have brought the claims that İlhami Ballı, a defendant in the trial of the Ankara Massacre in 2015, stayed in a hotel in Ankara while he was sought with red notice into the parliamentary agenda.

6 September 2019

Turkey’s Head of Intelligence, PM Undersecretary Meet Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi

Turkey’s Head of Intelligence, PM Undersecretary Meet Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi

Prime Ministry has expressed that respect for Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity was emphasized in the meeting with Iraqi administration.

11 December 2015

Prosecutor Demands the Ban of MİT Trucks News

Prosecutor Demands the Ban of MİT Trucks News

Public Prosecutor of İstanbul launched an investigation against Can Dündar, Chief Editor of Cumhuriyet due to MİT Trucks news and demanded related web content to be blocked off.

Four Prosecutors and One Gendarme Commander Arrested

MİT TRUCKS

Four Prosecutors and One Gendarme Commander Arrested

Former Adana Provincial Gendarme Commander, former Adana Chief Public Prosecutor and three prosecutors have been arrested with the charge of “espionage and attempting to abolish the government of Republic of Turkey” within the scope of MİT TRUCKS investigation.

Turkey’s Spy Agency Warns Police on ISIS

Turkey’s Spy Agency Warns Police on ISIS

Turkey’s Spy Agency, MİT, allegedly sent a letter to police authorities, warning that Kobane-retreating ISIS fighters might have infiltrated into Turkey and be planning to plot bombing on embassies.

19 February 2015

Media Prosecutor Decides Not to Prosecute “Spy Crisis” Article

Media Prosecutor Decides Not to Prosecute “Spy Crisis” Article

Istanbul Anatolian Media Prosecutor’s Office decided not to follow through “spy crisis” article charges for Taraf newspaper.

11 December 2013

MİT Istanbul Regional Chairman Deposed

MİT Istanbul Regional Chairman Deposed

After a series of changes in the personnel of the police and the judiciary pursuant to the summoning of MİT officials to give their statements, now the MİT Istanbul Regional Chairman was deposed form office.

23 February 2012

Intelligence Official's Threat against Dink Time-Barred?

Intelligence Official's Threat against Dink Time-Barred?

In 2004, two members of the National Intelligence Agency allegedly gave slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink a lesson on where his place was at a meeting at the Governor's Office. The related investigation was now time-barred.

14 December 2011 Ayça Söylemez