Turkish intelligence agency MIT downplays threat posed by ISIS-K, which challenges Europe’s security - Nordic Monitor

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Turkish intelligence agency MIT downplays threat posed by ISIS-K, which challenges Europe’s security - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) has downplayed the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K or ISIL-K) in a recent report, contradicting findings from the UN Security Council, which emphasized Turkey’s role as a hub within the ISIS-K terrorist network. The report, released in May by MIT’s newly established National Intelligence Acad…