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Turkey’s intelligence chief urges closer cooperation across the Turkic world
At a forum on the Turkic world, Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin urged closer cooperation among its countries.
He said their intelligence agencies already work together on terrorism, human trafficking and other shared threats.
Kalin said the guiding principle is that no country is safe unless all are safe.
He also said the Organization of Turkic States does not threaten any third party and seeks relations based on mutual interests.
The region matters, he said, because its countries have important roles in energy and food security.
Kalin said an alarm system lets partner agencies track emerging threats at the same time.
Turkey’s intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın called for close cooperation among intelligence services across the Turkic world.
He said the services work closely together to address terrorism, human trafficking, radicalisation and threats from conflict zones.
Kalın said a shared alarm system allows emerging threats to be monitored at the same time.
He made the remarks at the Turkic World Dialogue Forum, held by Turkey’s Directorate of Communications.
Kalın said the Organization of Turkic States does not pose a threat to any third party.
- Who
- İbrahim Kalın, head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization.
- What
- He urged closer cooperation among Turkic-world intelligence services and described their work together on shared threats.
- When
- October 30, 2026, according to the article’s publication date.
- Where
- At the Turkic World Dialogue Forum in Ankara.
- Why
- To address threats including terrorism, human trafficking, radicalisation and risks from conflict zones.
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Kalın spoke at a session of the Turkic World Dialogue Forum.
The 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States was being held in Ankara, according to Kalın.
- Speaker
- İbrahim Kalın
- Organization
- Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
- Forum
- Turkic World Dialogue Forum
- Summit
- 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States
- Date
- October 30, 2026
What people are saying
None of us is safe unless all of us are safe
The Organization of Turkic States poses no threat to any third party