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The National Security Service (or MAH) was the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 between 1926 and 1965, when it was replaced by the National Intelligence Organization
National Intelligence Organization

The National Intelligence Organization is the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey. It was established in 1965 to replace the National Security Service ....
 (MIT).

It was established at a time when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk was a Turkish people army officer, revolutionary statesman, and Father of the Nation Turkey as well as its List of Presidents of Turkey....
 was purging Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress

The Committee of Union and Progress , initially a secret society established as the "Committee of Ottoman Union" in 1889 by the medical students Ibrahim Temo, Abdullah Cevdet, Ishak S?kuti and H?seyinzade Ali, became a political organization, established by Bahaeddin Sakir among Young Turks in 1906, during the dissolution period of the Otto...
 elements, including the Sentinel Association and the Teskilât-i Mahsûsa intelligence organizations. The first director of the MAH was M. Sükrü Âli Ögel
Sükrü Âli Ögel

S?kr? ?li ?gel was a Turkish people military officer and the first director of the former Turkish governmental intelligence agency Milli Emniyet Hizmeti , the predecessor of Milli Istihbarat Teskilati today....
.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Turkey saw increased espionage
Espionage

Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secrecy or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information....
 by British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Soviet and German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 operatives and sympathizers.






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The National Security Service (or MAH) was the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 between 1926 and 1965, when it was replaced by the National Intelligence Organization
National Intelligence Organization

The National Intelligence Organization is the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey. It was established in 1965 to replace the National Security Service ....
 (MIT).

It was established at a time when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk was a Turkish people army officer, revolutionary statesman, and Father of the Nation Turkey as well as its List of Presidents of Turkey....
 was purging Union and Progress
Committee of Union and Progress

The Committee of Union and Progress , initially a secret society established as the "Committee of Ottoman Union" in 1889 by the medical students Ibrahim Temo, Abdullah Cevdet, Ishak S?kuti and H?seyinzade Ali, became a political organization, established by Bahaeddin Sakir among Young Turks in 1906, during the dissolution period of the Otto...
 elements, including the Sentinel Association and the Teskilât-i Mahsûsa intelligence organizations. The first director of the MAH was M. Sükrü Âli Ögel
Sükrü Âli Ögel

S?kr? ?li ?gel was a Turkish people military officer and the first director of the former Turkish governmental intelligence agency Milli Emniyet Hizmeti , the predecessor of Milli Istihbarat Teskilati today....
.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Turkey saw increased espionage
Espionage

Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secrecy or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information....
 by British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Soviet and German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 operatives and sympathizers. The MAH learned that the Germany would not invade Turkey, allowing the Inönü
Ismet Inönü

Mustafa Ismet In?n? was a Turkey Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of the Republic of Turkey. He is widely referred to as "Milli Sef" , a title he bestowed upon himself when he was elected as the President of Turkey in 1938....
 administration to resist mounting Allied
Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers of World War II during the World War II. Within the ranks of the Allies powers, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three"....
 pressure to declare war on Germany. (British efforts to get Turkey as an ally against Germany are a central element of Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler

Eric Clifford Ambler Order of the British Empire was an influential England author of spy novels ,who introduced a new realism to the genre. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda....
's classic spy thriller Journey Into Fear
Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear is a well-known 1940 in literature spy thriller novel by Eric Ambler. Film adaptations were released in 1943 and 1975....
, published in 1940, in which a fictional head of the MAH, Colonel Haki, plays an important role.)

The MAH enjoyed financial support from the CIA.

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  • , Mehmet Eymür
    Mehmet Eymür

    Mehmet Eym?r is a retired Turkish intelligence official. He led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization , which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" ....
     (MIT official)


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