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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 February 2026)
As a result of the ‘MONITUM’ operation, the Turkish National
Intelligence Organization (MİT) apprehended mining engineer Mehmet
Budak Derya and Palestinian-born Turkish citizen Veysel Kerimoğlu,
whom they determined to be working for the Israeli intelligence
service MOSSAD. (!)
As a result of investigations conducted by the National Intelligence
Organization (MİT), the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office,
and the Istanbul Provincial Police Department's Counter-Terrorism
Branch, two Mossad agents were apprehended. According to the
information obtained, Mehmet Budak Derya, a mining engineer,
opened a marble quarry in Mersin in 2005. Derya, who began trading
with many countries around the world, attracted the attention of the
Israeli intelligence service.
In September 2012, a person codenamed 'Ali Ahmed Yassın,' an
official of a shell company established by Israel, visited Mehmet Budak
Derya in his office and said that his company wanted to do business
with him. He invited him to a European country to meet with his bosses.
Seeing this as a business opportunity, Mehmet Budak Derya met with
members of the Israeli intelligence service in January 2013 in Europe,
under the guise of being a company owner.
The individuals Derya met with discussed matters related to their
planned marble trade. An Israeli intelligence officer codenamed ‘Luis’
instructed Derya to hire Veysel Kerimoğlu, a Turkish citizen of
Palestinian origin. Mehmet Budak Derya received instructions to
provide them with information about the activities they were
conducting together with Kerimoğlu.
Simultaneously, ‘Ali Ahmed Yassın,’ who had initially contacted Derya,
also directed Veysel Kerimoğlu to work with Derya. Through Veysel
Kerimoğlu, Mehmet Budak Derya increased his commercial activities
targeting Middle Eastern countries. He developed social and
commercial relationships with Palestinians opposed to Israel's policies
towards the Middle East, whom he met through Kerimoğlu. He passed
on the information he gathered about these individuals to Israeli
intelligence. Using the commercial relationships he established
within the framework of Israel's occupation of Gaza, he also tried to
obtain permission to enter Gaza. He sent photographs of the warehouses
he was looking for in Gaza to Israeli intelligence.
Mehmet Budak Derya maintained his relationship with Israeli
intelligence from 2013 to the present day. During this period,
he conducted third-country meetings in various European countries
with numerous intelligence agents codenamed ‘Luis’, ‘Jesus/Jose’,
‘Dr. Roberto/Ricardo’, ‘Dan/Dennis’, ‘Mark’, ‘Elly/Emmy’, and
‘Michael’. The Israeli service provided Mehmet Budak Derya with
an encrypted communication system. Furthermore, Derya
underwent two lie detector tests under strict security measures.
After passing both tests, he was promoted to a higher rank.
In January 2026, during a final meeting in Europe, it was revealed
that MOSSAD was preparing a major operation through Derya. The
plan involved infiltrating the international supply chain through shell
companies established abroad, and delivering products sourced from
designated countries to the end consumer through three different
Asia-based companies, after changing packaging and storage locations.
This method was assessed as a logistical operation being prepared
by the Israeli intelligence service targeting specific countries and
institutions. Following surveillance by the Turkish National Intelligence
Organization (MİT), the operation was launched in January 2026 during
the final planning phase. The police procedures for Mehmet Budak
Derya and Veysel Kerimoğlu, who were taken into custody, are ongoing.
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