Jandarma İstihbarat Teşkilatı (JİT) Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele (JİTEM)
Active
Late 1980s – present (unofficially, as JİTEM) 2005 – present (officially, as JİT)
Country
Turkey
Branch
Turkish Gendarmerie
Type
Intelligence agency
Role
Agent handling Black operation Clandestine operation Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency Countersurveillance Counterterrorism Covert operation Criminal investigation Direct action Espionage Force protection HUMINT ISTAR Law enforcement Manhunt Military intelligence Mountain warfare Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Special reconnaissance Surveillance Tracking Urban warfare
Military unit
Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele or Jandarma İstihbarat Teşkilatı (abbr. JİTEM or JİT; English: "Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism" or "Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization") is the intelligence department of the Turkish Gendarmerie. JİTEM was active in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.[1] After the Susurluk scandal, former prime ministers Bülent Ecevit[2] and Mesut Yılmaz[3] have confirmed the existence of JİTEM.
According to Murat Belge of Istanbul Bilgi University, who has reported that he was tortured in 1971 by its founder, Veli Küçük,[4] JİTEM is an embodiment of the deep state. In other words, it is used by "the Establishment" to enforce alleged national interests.[5] It is also said to be the military wing of Ergenekon, an underground Turkish nationalist organization.[6][7] In 2008, long-maintained official denials of JİTEM's existence started collapsing in the courts, as ex-members of Turkey's "deep state" security apparatus testify to their participation in covert and illegal activities over the last few decades as part of the ongoing Ergenekon investigation.[8]
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^Düzel, Neşe (2008-01-28). "2009'da kıyamet gibi kan akacaktı". Taraf (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2008-08-14. Derin devlet gene askerî bünye içinde oluşuyor ama artık derin devlet MİT değil. Bugün derin devlet JİTEM.
^"Assassinations lead to JİTEM". Sabah. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-26. JİTEM, considered to be the ancestor of the Ergenekon organization....
^Kuseyri, Murat (2008-10-04). "JİTEM Ergenekon'un askeri kanadıdır". Evrensel (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
^Jamestown Foundation Turkey's Gendarmerie: Reforming a Frontline Unit in the War on Terrorism, Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 22, November 25, 2008 by Andrew McGregor
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