Bangladesh, April 15 -- For the first time in Turkish history, a TV series is being officially sponsored and supported by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT). It was announced that “Teşkilat” (The Organization), which started to air on the state-run TRT1 in March, was would feature “the extraordinary experience of MİT.” So in the first trailer, it was no surprise to watch MİT agents blatantly kidnap a civilian on the street in broad daylight in a black VW Transporter van, which has become the symbol of enforced disappearances in Turkey.

“Teşkilat” is based on a story that a group of MİT agents were supposedly killed in an air crash to enable them to freely carry out covert operations against the bad guys, who are ready to d...