Bangladesh, March 28 -- A deeply troubling question now hangs over Turkeys ruling establishment: how did a man allegedly linked to Irans most notorious covert operations unit rise through the Turkish state—and even secure a powerful position inside the World Bank in Washington?

At the center of this controversy is Hayrettin Demircan, now serving as an economic adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Documents originating from a once-confidential Turkish counterterrorism investigation suggest that Demircan was not merely a passive observer, but a figure of interest in a covert network tied to Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force—Tehrans primary vehicle for exporting influence, subversion, and proxy...