Turkey’s spy network in India: Erdogan’s intelligence apparatus targets civil society
Recent disclosures based on confidential documents point to a concerning expansion of overseas intelligence activities by Turkey, with India emerging as one of the focal points. The documents indicate that Turkish operatives monitored a Noida-based civil society organization, highlighting what appears to be a broader pattern of foreign surveillance and influence operations.
At the center of the revelations is Indialogue Foundation, an organization established in 2005 to promote intercultural understanding, interfaith dialogue and community engagement. According to the documents, the foundation’s activities—and individuals associated with it—were systematically tracked, with intelligence findings relayed back to Ankara.
The organization has been linked to the transnational Hizmet movement inspired by the late Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, a long-time critic of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Following a political rupture between the two camps, Ankara has pursued an aggressive global campaign against individuals and institutions perceived to be affiliated with the movement.
One document, dated late December 2025, appears to be a background intelligence assessment compiled by Turkish police after receiving classified inputs earlier that year. A subsequent communication indicates that this material was forwarded to a criminal court in Ankara in early 2026. The use of foreign-collected........
