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Turkey's MIT seeks greater balance in relations with Erbil and Sulaymaniyah

Ibrahim Kalin, director of the Turkish intelligence service, MIT. © AA Photo / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP

Turkey's new spymaster Ibrahim Kalin is under orders to repair relations with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah. [...]

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