LAW ON THE STATE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION

Duties and Responsibilities of the Ministries and Other Public Institutions:

Article 5 - The duties of the Ministries and other public institutions regarding the State Intelligence are as follows:

a) Regarding their own fields of work ;

1. to produce the intelligence their duty necessitates,
2. to procure the information and intelligence the MIT asks for,
3. to carry out counter-intelligence activities.

b) to transmit immediately any information and intelligence regarding the national security to the MIT.

The Ministries and other public institutions are obliged to provide every possible assistance and facility to the members of the MIT in the performance of their duties.

The National Intelligence Coordination Board (NICB) has been established under the presidency of the Undersecretary of the MIT, with the aim of formulating the basic views on guiding the intelligence activities and on establishing coordination for the fulfillment of the above-mentioned duties and responsibilities by the Ministries and other public institutions.

The Board convenes every three months with the participation of the Secretary General or the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council, the Head or the Deputy Head of General Staff Intelligence Department, the Undersecretaries of the Ministries, the relevant authorities of the public institutions, the relevant Heads of Directorates of the MIT and the other public authorities invited by the Undersecretary of the MIT.

The Undersecretary of the MIT may, when necessary, call the Board for an extraordinary session.

The detailed working principles and authorities of the National Intelligence Coordination Board are defined by regulations.

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