Åženkal Atasagun (born 17 August 1941) is a former
Turkish civil servant. He was head of the
National Intelligence Organization
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The National Intelligence Organization (), also known by its Turkish language, Turkish initials MIT or MÄ°T, or colloquially as the Organization (), is an intelligence agency of the Turkish government tasked ...
(, MÄ°T) from 1998 to 2005.
Biography
Atasagun was born in
Kars
Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.[Ä ...]
on 17 August 1941.
He joined MIT in 1967 after graduating from
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...
and
Grenoble University
The (, ''Grenoble Alps University'', abbr. UGA) is a ''grand établissement'' in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers.
Established as the Univer ...
. During his career he served in Brussels and London as well as Istanbul and Ankara, before being appointed head of MIT in 1998.
Undersecretaries of the MIT biographies: Åženkal Atasagun
MIT
References
1941 births
Living people
People from Kars
Grenoble Alpes University alumni
People of the National Intelligence Organization (Turkey)
Directors of intelligence agencies
Galatasaray High School alumni
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