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Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization, known as MIT, played a central role in managing the crisis between the U.S.-Israeli bloc and Iran from the outset of the conflict.
The intelligence agency coordinated with more than 13 countries, including the United States, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Germany, to prevent the war from expanding into a broader regional conflict, according to security sources cited by Türkiye's state-run TRT.
Security sources said MIT was activated on President Erdogan's instructions from the beginning of the crisis, with the organization identified as one of the rare mechanisms capable of maintaining direct contact with both the Western bloc and Iran simultaneously.
"MIT kept communication channels open between the parties, worked to prevent misunderstandings, and conveyed strategic messages aimed at reducing tensions," the sources said.
The organization also presented concrete proposals to the parties on identifying exit paths that would prevent the conflict from deepening.
MIT coordinated with the intelligence services of more than 13 countries throughout the crisis, including the United States, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy, according to security sources.
MIT maintained its communication channels with Iranian counterparts at the highest level, including with the Revolutionary Guards, continuously conveying Türkiye's solution proposals and warnings aimed at halting the conflict.
MIT's activities were not limited to external diplomacy.
"The organization took active measures to ensure that the crisis environment in Iran did not negatively affect Türkiye's counterterrorism objectives or border security," security sources said.
In this context, MIT conducted sensitive work on regional dynamics aimed at preventing possible ethnic conflict inside Iran that could affect neighboring territories.
MIT also took an active role in humanitarian assistance and evacuation operations during the conflict, responding to requests to transfer citizens of various countries stranded in conflict zones to safe areas, the sources said.
In parallel, MIT raised its alert level against possible espionage activities targeting Türkiye that sought to exploit the disorder of the conflict.
Security sources noted that MIT tightened its domestic counterintelligence operations and raised measures against attempts that could threaten Türkiye's national security to the highest level.
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