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A student of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, he wrote the standard study of Mulla Sadra's epistemology, founded the SETA think tank, and served as President Erdoğan's spokesperson and senior adviser from 2014 to 2023; he is also a bağlama player and composer.", "ur": "ابراہیم قالن ⁦(پیدائش 15 ستمبر 1971، استنبول)⁩ ترک ماہر اسلامی فلسفہ اور انٹیلیجنس سربراہ ہیں، جون 2023 سے قومی انٹیلیجنس تنظیم کے ڈائریکٹر۔ وہ سید حسین نصر کے شاگرد ہیں، ملا صدرا پر ان کی کتاب مرجع ہے، انھوں نے سیٹا تھنک ٹینک قائم کیا اور 2014 سے 2023 تک صدر ایردوان کے ترجمان و مشیر رہے۔" }, "stub": false, "wings": [ "people", "living" ], "regions": [ "anatolia-balkans" ], "periods": [], "tags": [], "aliases": [], "themes": [], "span": { "earliest": 1971.702978158347, "latest": 1971.7057160653221 }, "display": { "start": { "edtf": "1971-09-15", "hijri": "1391", "calendar": "gregorian", "precision": "day", "status": "historical", "derived": true, "note": "Born 15 September 1971 in Istanbul (the English and Turkish articles and the Wikidata item agree; his family is from Erzurum). 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His Wikidata item's only religion statement is Islam generically, which under the lane doctrine settles nothing. His doctorate on Mulla Sadra under Seyyed Hossein Nasr, his translations of Izutsu and of the Shadhili-Darqawi master's letters, and his books on Islamic philosophy are his scholarship - subject matter, not attestation of his own affiliation - and his inclusion in the Muslim 500 list is a list filing. The value is therefore unknown.", "sources": [ "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en", "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr", "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar", "source/wikidata-ibrahim-kalin" ] } ], "external_ids": { "wikidata": "Q15440590" }, "sources": [ "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en", "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr", "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar", "source/wikidata-ibrahim-kalin" ], "provenance": { "layer": "own-research", "source": "English Wikipedia article 'İbrahim Kalın' revision 1378296978 of 3 October 2026; Turkish Wikipedia article 'İbrahim Kalın' revision 38184346 of 6 October 2026; Arabic Wikipedia article 'إبراهيم قالن' revision 75963749 of 22 July 2026; Wikidata item Q15440590 revision 2521220579 of 22 July 2026 - each fetched live in-session on 2 November 2026 via the MediaWiki API, the QID grounded in the articles' own page properties, and every revision re-asserted identical on a second query. The successor_of edge is written here, in the successor's record: the English article records his appointment as MİT director on 5 June 2023, and Hakan Fidan's article records Fidan's move to the foreign ministry in June 2023; Fidan's record is built in this same wave (brief 182o1). The born_in edge targets place/istanbul, verified on origin/main. No record or draft stub for Kalın existed on origin/main when this record was built (checked by name fragments and by QID against origin/main on 2 November 2026).", "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Spark 1.3)", "run": "modern-figures-wave-182o1" }, "status": { "review": "published", "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Spark 1.3)" } }, "prose": { "ar": { "sections": [ { "heading": "ملخص", "markdown": "إبراهيم قالن ⁦(وُلد سنة 1971)⁩ أكاديمي تركي متخصص في الفلسفة الإسلامية يرأس جهاز الاستخبارات الوطنية منذ حزيران 2023 {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}." }, { "heading": "حياته", "markdown": "وُلد قالن في إسطنبول في 15 أيلول 1971 لأسرة من أرضروم {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}. درس التاريخ في جامعة إسطنبول، ونال الماجستير من الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية في ماليزيا، والدكتوراه في الدراسات الإسلامية من جامعة جورج واشنطن سنة 2002 بإشراف سيد حسين نصر، عن فلسفة ملا صدرا في الوجود والعقل والحدس {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}." }, { "heading": "أعماله", "markdown": "درّس قالن الدراسات الدينية في كلية الصليب المقدس (2002–2005)، وأسس مؤسسة سيتا وترأسها (2005–2009)، ودرّس لاحقًا في جامعة ابن خلدون وصار أستاذًا سنة 2020 {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}. من كتبه «المعرفة في الفلسفة الإسلامية المتأخرة» (2010) و«الإسلام والغرب» (2007) وتحريره موسوعة أكسفورد للفلسفة والعلوم والتقنية في الإسلام (2014)؛ وترجم إلى التركية أعمالًا لتوشيهيكو إيزوتسو وللشيخ الشاذلي الدرقاوي العربي الدرقاوي {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}. ومنذ 2009 خدم رئاسة الوزراء ثم الرئاسة مستشارًا للسياسة الخارجية، ومنذ 2014 متحدثًا رئاسيًا ومستشارًا أول للرئيس أردوغان {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. وفي 5 حزيران 2023 عيّنه أردوغان رئيسًا لجهاز الاستخبارات الوطنية خلفًا لهاكان فيدان {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. وهو يعزف الباغلاما احترافيًا ويغني ويلحن {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. لا يسمي أي نص مقروء لهذا السجل مذهبًا أو طريقة لقالن نفسه — فعلمه موضوع اشتغاله، وعنصر ويكي بيانات لا يعطي سوى الإسلام عمومًا — ولذلك سُجل دينه غير معروف {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar} {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}." }, { "heading": "المصادر", "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}" } ], "frontmatter": { "id": "person/ibrahim-kalin", "lang": "ar", "source_lang": "ar", "translators": [] }, "updated": "2026-11-06" }, "en": { "sections": [ { "heading": "Summary", "markdown": "İbrahim Kalın (born 1971) is a Turkish academic of Islamic philosophy who has directed the National Intelligence Organization since June 2023 {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}." }, { "heading": "Life", "markdown": "Kalın was born in Istanbul on 15 September 1971 into a family from Erzurum {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}. He read history at Istanbul University, took a master's at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and in 2002 received his PhD in Islamic studies from George Washington University under Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on Mulla Sadra's philosophy of existence, intellect and intuition {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}." }, { "heading": "Work", "markdown": "Kalın taught religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross (2002-2005), founded and chaired the SETA think tank (2005-2009), and later lectured at Ibn Haldun University, becoming a professor in 2020 {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}. His books include Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy (2010), İslam ve Batı (Islam and the West, 2007) and the edited Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam (2014); he also translated works of Toshihiko Izutsu and of the Shadhili-Darqawi master al-Arabi al-Darqawi into Turkish {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}. From 2009 he served the prime ministry and then the presidency as foreign-policy adviser and, from 2014, as presidential spokesperson and senior adviser to President Erdoğan {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. On 5 June 2023 Erdoğan appointed him director of the National Intelligence Organization, succeeding Hakan Fidan {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. He plays the bağlama professionally, sings and composes {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}. No text read for this record names a school or order for Kalın himself - his scholarship is his subject matter, and his Wikidata item gives only Islam generically - so his faith is recorded as unknown {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar} {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}." }, { "heading": "Sources", "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}" } ], "frontmatter": { "id": "person/ibrahim-kalin", "lang": "en", "source_lang": "ar", "translators": [] }, "updated": "2026-11-02" }, "ur": { "sections": [ { "heading": "خلاصہ", "markdown": "ابراہیم قالن (پیدائش 1971) ترک ماہر اسلامی فلسفہ ہیں جو جون 2023 سے قومی انٹیلیجنس تنظیم کے ڈائریکٹر ہیں {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}۔" }, { "heading": "زندگی اور کام", "markdown": "قالن 15 ستمبر 1971 کو استنبول میں ارزروم کے ایک خاندان میں پیدا ہوئے {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}۔ انھوں نے استنبول یونیورسٹی، بین الاقوامی اسلامی یونیورسٹی ملائیشیا اور جارج واشنگٹن یونیورسٹی سے تعلیم حاصل کی، جہاں 2002 میں سید حسین نصر کی نگرانی میں ملا صدرا پر پی ایچ ڈی کیا {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}۔ انھوں نے سیٹا تھنک ٹینک قائم کیا (2005–2009)، صدر ایردوان کے ترجمان و مشیر اول رہے (2014–2023)، اور 5 جون 2023 کو ہاکان فیدان کے جانشین کے طور پر انٹیلیجنس سربراہ بنے {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}۔ ان کی کتابوں میں ملا صدرا پر ان کی انگریزی تصنیف اور «اسلام و مغرب» شامل ہیں، اور وہ باغلاما بجانے اور کمپوزنگ کے لیے بھی جانے جاتے ہیں {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}۔ اس ریکارڈ کے لیے پڑھے گئے کسی متن میں ان کے اپنے مذہب یا طریقے کا نام نہیں ملتا — ان کی علمی تخصص ان کا موضوع ہے، شناخت نہیں — اس لیے ان کا مذہب غیر معلوم درج ہے {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr} {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar} {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}۔" }, { "heading": "مآخذ", "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-ar}\n- {cite:wikidata-ibrahim-kalin}" } ], "frontmatter": { "id": "person/ibrahim-kalin", "lang": "ur", "source_lang": "ar", "translators": [] }, "updated": "2026-11-02" } }, "degree": 4, "contemporaries": [ "person/abbas-ali-amid-zanjani", "person/abbas-kiarostami", "person/abd-al-aziz-al-ghumari", "person/abd-al-fattah-abu-ghudda", "person/abd-al-halim-mahmud", "person/abd-al-jabbar-al-jumurd", "person/abd-al-rahman-badawi", "person/abd-al-razzaq-nawfal", "person/abd-allah-ibn-al-siddiq-al-ghumari", "person/abdel-halim-hafez", "person/abdel-rahman-swar-al-dahab", "person/abdelaziz-bouteflika" ], "updated": "2026-11-06", "connections": [ { "to": "place/istanbul", "type": "born_in", "inverse": false, "sources": [ "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en", "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-tr", "source/wikidata-ibrahim-kalin" ] }, { "to": "person/hakan-fidan", "type": "successor_of", "inverse": false, "sources": [ "source/wikipedia-ibrahim-kalin-en", "source/wikipedia-hakan-fidan-en" ] } ], "related": [ "building/arap-cami-istanbul", "building/atik-ali-pasha-mosque", "building/eski-imaret-mosque", "building/eyup-sultan-mosque", "building/fenari-isa-mosque", "building/gul-mosque-istanbul", "building/hagia-sophia", "building/hirami-ahmed-pasha-mosque" ], "license": { "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "data": "CC0 1.0" } }