New intel academy hosts workshop in Ankara

A new academy established under Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) held a workshop in the capital Ankara on July 26 and 27, gathering leading academics in the field.

The event aimed to address the "importance of systematizing an academic perspective" within the sector.

"We aim to create an intelligence community that will contribute to the development of this field by looking at intelligence, which is a craft, from an academic perspective," National Intelligence Academy head Talha Köse said in his address at the workshop.

The workshop provided a platform for discussing various issues related to intelligence studies. It attracted academics conducting research and publishing in this domain from diverse disciplines.

"Almost all actors who want to play a more active role in world politics focus on studies in the field of intelligence, increase their budgets in this regard and increase their engagement with academia," Köse noted.

He said the "transition to a multipolar world" is fueling this transformation.

The participants concluded that Türkiye has an "increasing capacity" in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Libya and Somalia.

"There are developments especially in [Türkiye's] military, police and other fields, but in terms of developing these with a more strategic notion, there is a greater need for intelligence," Köse added.

He also pointed out evolving perspectives on intelligence both within Türkiye and globally.

The MİT's website outlines the academy's mission to "contribute to the establishment and development of the field of intelligence as a science in Türkiye."

The newly-established body is set to begin accepting students for master's and doctoral programs in the fall of this...