What's next for Turkey's National Intelligence Agency?

It was a short while before the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. Foreign Minister İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil visited Tehran after receiving an invitation from Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, for a meeting which he later recounted:

"We were not sitting at the golden-plated, golden-salt-cellared dining table where we always ate. Arşidiri, Pahlavi's security advisor, was also with us. It was a rather special atmosphere - distinct from the accustomed protocol. The Shah told me, 'The military will stage a coup in Turkey in a few months.'"

The Turkish Foreign Minister learned about the coup which the Turkish military would carry out from the Shah of Iran.

The undersecretary of Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (MİT), Fuat Doğu, on the other hand, not only chose not to inform Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel about the coup, but also asked for the PM's resignation on the day of the coup, March 12.

Furthermore, in the 1980 coup d'état, the plans for "Operation Flag" (Bayrak Harekâtı) were conveyed to the military units by the MİT's airplane. The agency, however, once again did not notify the PM, even though the MİT was under the authority of the PM; because the MİT took part in the coup.

This wheel was broken in the coup attempt of July 15, 2016. The MİT undisputedly fought against the coup. Nevertheless, one of the most asked questions about the coup attempt was why the government had no foreknowledge before July 15. The MİT stated that it did not have the authority to gather intelligence from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). I went after the question, "Why is there such an obstacle?"

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