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Erdogan tightens grip on MIT with appointment of Kalin

Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey's powerful intelligence service, the MIT.
Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey's powerful intelligence service, the MIT. © Reuters
The seemingly immovable Hakan Fidan has been replaced as head of the MIT, Turkey's intelligence service, by novice Ibrahim Kalin, thereby allowing Erdogan to drive away his influential master spy. [...]
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