National Intelligence Organization

Government sources have refuted reports that Ibrahim Kalin, the newly-appointed head of Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (MIT), made a private visit to Greece's Thrace region.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has "neutralized" a senior leader of the PKK terrorist organization, who was on the wanted list, and two other terrorists in northern Iraq.

MİT identified the location of ringleader Fehmi Öğmen, codenamed Sinan Dijvar, and his team operating on behalf of the PKK terror group in northern Iraq.

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With around a month left for NATO critical leaders' summit scheduled to take place in Vilnius, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has spoken over the phone with his Swedish and American counterparts separately to reiterate that Türkiye expects Sweden to take concrete steps in line with the trilateral agreement if it wants to join the alliance.

Turkish authorities have arrested and imprisoned a 16-year-old teenager for adding a mustache to an election campaign poster featuring President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by AFP citing local media.

The top jobs at the Foreign and Defense ministries in the new Turkish government have been filled by individuals who are no strangers to Greece, albeit for different reasons. 

Türkiye's newly appointed foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has emphasized that he will work to further improve "national foreign policy" in line with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's vision and values during his tenure.

Foreign Minister Vassilis Kaskarelis has personally congratulated Tayyip Erdogan on his reinauguration as Turkish president, on the sidelines of a dinner for the representatives of foreign governments who attended the swearing-in ceremony in Ankara, the Foreign Ministry has said.

Kaskarelis was representing the caretaker Greek government at the ceremony.

Today, Serbian Parliament will continue the discussion on the security situation after the mass murders in the elementary school "Vladislav Ribnikar" and in the area of Smederevo and Mladenovac.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized the PKK/KCK's communication chief during an operation in northern Iraq.

Emre Şahin, code-named Rodi, was found to write the programs used by the organization's communication system, including him in the list of "critical targets to be neutralized."

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized the PKK/YPG's finance leader during an operation in Ayn al-Arab district in northern Syria.

Tuba Karakoç, who joined the organization in 2013, has been active in many fields in Türkiye, Iraq and Syria.