TEORİK BİR TARTIŞMA: İSTİHBARATIN GÖZETİMİ

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 273 - 298, 02.06.2025

Hasan Gül

https://doi.org/10.28956/gbd.1554989

Abstract

İstihbarat kendisine yüklenen görev ve sorumlulukları bakımından oldukça önemli, istisnai ve ayrıcalıklı bir konumdadır. Ulusal güvenlik ve dış politika konularında karar alıcıların desteklenmesinde istihbaratın imkân ve kabiliyetlerinden istifade edilmektedir. İstihbarat karar alıcıların zamanında, doğru ve kesin bilgiye olan ihtiyacının karşılanması hayati bir önem arz etmektedir. Söz konusu hayati önem, istihbarat bağlamında sahip olunan imkân ve kabiliyetlerin verimli, etkin ve olabildiğince hatasız kullanılması mecburiyetini beraberinde getirmektedir. Sonuç olarak, istihbaratın gözetimi hususu 1970’li yıllarda liberal demokrasiye sahip batılı ülkelerde gündeme gelmeye başlamıştır. İstihbarat çalışmaları alanında gözetimin önemi, kazanılan deneyimler sonucunda her geçen gün artmaya devam etmiştir. Söz konusu durum, 11 Eylül saldırıları sonucunda daha da belirginleşerek ilgili alan yazında başat çalışma konuları arasında yerini almaya başlamıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı kamusal bir hizmet olan istihbaratın hesap verebilirliğinin tesis edilmesinin en kapsamlı yöntemleri arasında yer alan gözetim kavramının teorik çerçevesinin tartışılarak incelenmesidir. Bu doğrultuda, çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden faydalanılmış olup ilgili alan yazın taranmıştır.

Keywords

İstihbarat , Gözetim , Hesap Verebilirlik , İstihbaratın Gözetimi , Verimlilik

A Theoretical Discussion: Oversight of Intelligence

Abstract

Intelligence is in essential, exceptional and privileged position in terms of its duties and responsibilities. Opportunities and capabilities of intelligence are used to support decision makers on national security and foreign policy issues. Meeting the need of decision makers for timely, accurate and precise information is of vital importance. This vital importance brings with it the obligation to use the opportunities and capabilities available in the context of intelligence efficiently, effectively and as accurately as possible. As a results, the issue of intelligence oversight began to come to the fore in western countries with liberal democracies in the 1970s. The importance of oversight in the field of intelligence studies has continued to increase day by day as a result of the experiences gained. This situation became more evident as a result of the September 11 attacks and began to take its place among the dominant research topics in the relevant literature. The aim of this study is to discuss and examine the theoretical framework of the concept of oversight among the most comprehensive methods of establishing the accountability of intelligence a public service. In this regard, qualitative research methods are used in the study and the relevant literature reviewed.

Keywords

Intelligence , Oversight , Accountability , Oversight of Intelligence , Effectiveness

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