Şenkal Atasagun

Şenkal Atasagun (born 17 August 1941) 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 by	Sönmez Köksal
Succeeded by	Emre Taner
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-17) 17 August 1941 (age 83) Kars, Turkey
Alma mater	Grenoble University
Occupation	Civil servant (intelligence)

Biography

Atasagun was born in Kars on 17 August 1941.^[1][2][3]

He 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.^[4]