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- For other uses, see MAH (disambiguation).
MAH is the abbreviated name of a Turkish secret service which has been abolished. It stands for Milli Emniyet Hizmeti (National Security Service). It is abbreviated as MAH instead of MEH because at the time of its establishment, the official alphabet of Turkey was based on Arabic alphabet.
It was established in 1927 at a time when Union and Progress elements, including most of the intelligence personnel, in Turkey were being purged by Atatürk.
During World War Two Turkey saw increased espionage activity of British, Soviet and German operatives and sympathizers. At this time MAH made its most notable discovery, learning that Germany would not indeed invade Turkey, allowing İnönü administration to resist mounting Allied pressure to declare war on Germany.
It was replaced by MİT (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı - National Intelligence Organization) in 1965.Template:Turkey-stub
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