National Intelligence Organization

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized a senior PKK member who was responsible for the health services of the terrorist organization for a year in northern Iraq.

According to local media, MİT started monitoring Ökkeş Deveri, codenamed "Kendal Pirsus," recently in the Gara region and conducted a surgical attack against him "at the proper time and place."

Türkiye expects the U.S. to act in cooperation with it in the fight against terrorist groups such as the PKK/YPG and the FETÖ, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 18. 

Türkiye expects Finland and Sweden to take concrete steps on the memorandum signed for their NATO bid Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoğlu said on Sept. 14, stressing that Sweden has already left the elections behind so that its new government can take steps in line with the Madrid deal.

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized Vedat Aksaç, a terrorist who was in the so-called PKK's "hit squad," in northern Iraq, Demirören News Agency has reported.

Two other terrorists were neutralized in an operation on Sept. 5.

The escalation of tensions between Turkey and Greece has reached a point that goes far beyond longstanding fears of a Greek-Turkish military accident, and the prospect of a full-fledged war between the two NATO countries is now being discussed in the Turkish, Greek, and international press - and is brought up in the statements of the two countries' leaders.

Turkey's political leadership - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top officials of his ruling party as well as the opposition - on a daily basis unleash rhetorical attacks against Greece, provoking our country and underestimating our people.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was always open to meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as tensions between the two historical rivals mount.

The two uneasy neighbors have for years feuded over maritime borders and energy exploration rights in disputed parts of the Aegean and in the eastern Mediterranean.

By George Gilson

The Turkish pro-government Sabah daily's columnist Melih Altinok is not very happy that Kyriakos Mitsotakis is the prime Minister of Greece.

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized another senior PKK terrorist in northern Iraq, Demirören News Agency has reported.

"Bedirhan Abi, codenamed 'Darav Gevda' has been killed in Sinjar," the agency wrote on Sept. 4.

Interior Ministry has announced that a suspect in the 2002 murder of academic Necip Hablemitoğlu, who was known for his research and books on FETÖ, has been caught in Bulgaria.