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Who is Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s new foreign minister with spy powers?

Fidan will come under spotlight after steadily keeping a low profile during his tenure as the nation’s youngest spymaster.

Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan (R) and Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar wait prior to a meeting with the Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on August 24, 2018. - Turkish Foreign Minister on August 24, 2018 warned that seeking a military solution in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib would lead to disaster, while Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the situation was "multi-faceted" and called for separating out "the healthy opposition from terrorist structures." Idlib is one
Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan (R) and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar wait prior to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Aug. 24, 2018. — Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP via Getty Images

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