DUTIES

NATIONWIDE INTELLIGENCE

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization, which exists to serve the Great Turkish Nation and is furnished with duties and responsibilities in line with this aim, is in charge of collecting nationwide security intelligence on existing and potential threats from internal and external sources posed against;

  • the territory, people and integrity,
  • the existence, independence and security,
  • all the elements that constitute the constitutional order and the national power
of the Republic of Turkey.

COMMUNICATING INTELLIGENCE TO THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization is in charge of communicating the collected intelligence to and the other relevant state organizations.

MEETING THE INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS CONCERNING THE PLANNING OF NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization is in charge of meeting the intelligence requirements and needs of the President, the Prime Minister, the Chief of General Staff, the Secretary General of the National Security Council and the other relevant ministries in the preparation and implementation of the plans concerning the national security policies of the State.

COUNTERACTING INTELLIGENCE

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization is in charge of counteracting intelligence activities conducted against our country.

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization cannot be given any other duty than those mentioned above and this organization cannot be led to any other field of activity than collecting intelligence concerning the security of the State.

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