Under a common flag

Under a single flag

National intelligence and security agencies of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) member countries have joined forces and begun operating on the basis of a unified mechanism. This was announced by İbrahim Kalın, the head of Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization (MİT), at the "Turkic World Dialogue Forum," organized by the Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency.

The forum took place at the end of October in Ankara. It was attended by representatives of intelligence services, diplomatic, scientific, and media circles, as well as staff of public non-governmental organizations from OTS countries, Middle Eastern states, and a number of European nations.

According to the Sabah news agency, cooperation between the intelligence services of Turkic states has reached its highest level in history, and the system of joint response to regional threats has already been fully operationalized.

Speaking at the conference, İbrahim Kalın touched upon the integration of the intelligence services and their areas of work:

Joint defense and control: "Thanks to the system we have created, we have the opportunity to simultaneously identify and track threats arising anywhere in the world together with all our partners," the head of MİT emphasized;

Main threats: the parties are combating terrorism, human trafficking, the spread of radical movements, and other types of cross-border illegal activities based on operational information exchange;

The principle of "indivisible security": Kalın formulated the core philosophy of Turkic integration: "Until all of us are safe, none of us can be safe. To ensure my personal security, I must certainly take into account the security of my partners, neighbors, and allies."

The unification of the Turkic states' intelligence agencies is of crucial importance for the further strengthening of national and regional security amid growing geopolitical instability and global challenges.