İbrahim Kalın
İbrahim Kalın | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Director of the National Intelligence Organization | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| Preceded by | Hakan Fidan |
| Spokesperson of the Presidency of Turkey | |
| In office 11 December 2014 – 4 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Sever |
| Assistant Secretary to the Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 2012 – 11 December 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 2009–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Ökem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1971 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Istanbul 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.