Mehmet Eymür

Mehmet Eymür (born 1943 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish intelligence official. In 1995-6 he led the counter-terrorism department of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which he joined as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" (Turkish: takip memuru). He was the right-hand man for the MIT deputy undersecretary Hiram Abas.

Eymür is writing a series called Teşkilat ("Organization") about MİT and its Counter-Terrorism Department.

Eymür was born in Istanbul in 1943, the son of Mazhar Eymür, a leading member of the MİT's predecessor, the National Security Service (MAH). Mazhar Eymür took part in suppressing the Dersim rebellion.

Eymür joined the agency after completing TED Ankara Koleji. He attended the İstanbul Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (Turkish: İstanbul İktisadi ve Ticari İlimler Yüksek Okulu).

Eymür has a spouse called Canset; a son, Alp, and a daughter, Ayşe. According to some sources, Mehmet Eymur and his wife, Canset Eymur were granted a green card by the U.S. Homeland Security.

Eymür joined MIT as a student in 1965 as a "pursuit officer" (Turkish: takip memuru), and was involved in the Ziverbey Villa interrogations after the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, together with Hiram Abas.

Eymür gained fame for taking down numerous gangsters in the 1984 "Godfathers Operation" (Turkish: Babalar Operasyonu) while heading the Smuggling Department, in concert with Atilla Aytek of the police force's smuggling department (Turkish: Emniyet Kaçakçılık ve Harekat Dairesi Başkanı). The operation captured mob bosses including Dündar Kılıç.

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