- Milli Emniyet Hizmeti
Milli Emniyet Hizmeti (MAH) (National Security Service) was the governmental intelligence organization of
Turkey between 1927 and 1965. It is abbreviated as MAH instead of MEH because at the time of its establishment, the official alphabet of Turkey was based onArabic alphabet .It was established in 1927, at a time when Union and Progress elements, including most of the intelligence personnel, in Turkey were being purged by
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk . The first director of MAH wasŞükrü Âli Ögel .During
World War II , Turkey saw increasedespionage activity by British,Soviet and German operatives and sympathizers. At that time, MAH made its most notable discovery, learning that Germany would not indeed invade Turkey, allowing the İnönü administration to resist mounting Allied pressure to declare war on Germany. The organization was replaced by Milli Istihbarat Teskilati (MİT) (National Intelligence Organization) in 1965.Trivia
British efforts to get Turkey as an ally against Germany are a central element of
Eric Ambler 's classic spy thriller "Journey Into Fear ", published in 1940, in which a fictional head of MAH, Colonel Haki, plays an important role.External links
* [http://www.mit.gov.tr/tarihce/ikinci_bolum.html MAH at the MİT website] tr icon
mah is also used in internet slang meaning the word my, example: i just lost mah tooth etc.
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