İbrahim Kalın

İbrahim Kalın
Official portrait, 2018
Director of the National Intelligence Organization
Assumed office
5 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan
Preceded byHakan Fidan
Spokesperson of the Presidency of Turkey
In office
11 December 2014  4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan
Preceded byAhmet Sever
Assistant Secretary to the Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
2012  11 December 2014
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan
Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
2009–2012
Preceded byAhmet Davutoğlu
Succeeded byKemal Ökem
Personal details
Born (1971-09-15) 15 September 1971
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Children3
Alma materIstanbul University (BA)
George Washington University (PhD)

İbrahim Kalın (born 15 September 1971) is a Turkish bureaucrat and academic who is the current director of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). An academic specialising in Islamic philosophy, Kalın received his doctorate under the supervision of Seyyed Hossein Nasr. As a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), he previously served as the presidential spokesperson and senior advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from 2014 to 2023 and as the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Security and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Complex.