İbrahim Kalın
İbrahim Kalın (born September 15, 1971) is a Turkish bureaucrat who is the current director of the National Intelligence Organization.[1] A member of the AK Party, he previously served as the presidential spokesperson and adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2014 to 2023 and as the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Security and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Complex.[2][3]
İbrahim Kalın | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Director of the National Intelligence Organization | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Hakan Fidan |
| Spokesperson of the Presidency of Turkey | |
| In office 11 December 2014 – 4 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Sever |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1971 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University George Washington University (PhD) |
Education and academic career Edit
İbrahim Kalın was born in Istanbul into a family from Erzurum. Kalın received his B.A. from the University of Istanbul and Ph.D. from George Washington University under the supervision of Islamic philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr.[4] From 2002 to 2005 he was a faculty member at the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.[5] He is a founding member and former director (2005–2009) of the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research based in Ankara, Turkey.[6]
Bureaucratic career Edit
He became the first coordinator of the Prime Ministry Public Diplomacy Coordinatorship established in January 2010. In 2012, he became Deputy Undersecretary of the Prime Ministry. On December 11, 2014, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that İbrahim Kalın would be the first official Turkish Presidential Press Secretary. In November 2018, he was appointed as Chief Adviser to Erdogan.[7]
Personal life Edit
His parents are from İspir, Erzurum.[8] He is married and has 2 children. His hobbies include music, especially folk music. He professionally plays the bağlama, sings and has music on YouTube with millions of views.[9]
Selected works Edit
- As author
- Knowledge as Light. Critical Remarks on M. Hairi Yazdi's Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence. In: American Journal of Islamic and Social Sciences. Vol. 16 (1999), pp. 85–97 (online).
- Islam and the West, 2007 (2007 Writers Association of Turkey award for best book)[4]
- Knowledge in later Islamic philosophy. Mullā Ṣadrā on existence, intellect, and intuition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010.
- Islam in Turkey. Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010.
- As editor
- with John L. Esposito: The 500 Most Influential Muslims annual, Amman, Jordan: Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 1st edition, 2009.[10]
- with John L. Esposito: Islamophobia. The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011.
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam, Oxford University Press, 2014.
- As contributor[4]
- MacMillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd Edition
- MacMillan Encyclopedia of Religion 2nd Edition
- Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
References Edit
- ^ "İbrahim Kalın appointed as new intelligence chief - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ . researchcentre.trtworld.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "İbrahim Kalın kimdir?" [Who is İbrahim Kalın?] (in Turkish). Habertürk. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Bio at Oxford Islamic Studies
- ^ Bio on the Georgetown University website
- ^ University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown. "Ibrahim Kalin". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Turkey appoints new ambassadors, chief advisers - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ "İbrahim Kalın Biyografisi". Haberler.
- ^ Yavuz Bingöl ve İbrahim Kalın - Melullenme Deli Gönül - TRT Avaz, retrieved 2020-05-22
- ^ "Book lists '500 Most Influential Muslims': Top 20 inclusions seem to be less convincing and dictated". Islamic Voice. December 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2017.[permanent dead link]
External links Edit
- Official website
- Column archives at Daily Sabah Newspaper
- Column archives at Yeni Şafak