Şenkal Atasagun

Şenkal Atasagun (born 1941, Kars[1]) is a former Turkish civil servant. He was head of the National Intelligence Organization (Turkish: Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) from 1998 to 2005.

Şenkal Atasagun
Chief of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
In office
11 February 1998  11 June 2005
Preceded bySönmez Köksal
Succeeded byEmre Taner
Personal details
Born1941 (age 7980)
Kars
NationalityTurkish
Alma materGrenoble University
OccupationCivil servant (intelligence)

Atasagun joined MIT in 1967 after graduating from Galatasaray High School and Grenoble University. During his career he served in Brussels and London as well as Istanbul and Ankara, before being appointed head of MIT in 1998.[2]

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