Hakan Fidan: Turkey's New Spy-Powered Foreign Minister.

Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey's National Intelligence Agency (MIT) since 2010, has been appointed as the country's new foreign minister. Fidan, who has engaged in back-channel diplomacy with allies and foes across the globe, has been a confidant of President Erdogan and played a prominent role in Turkey's fight against Syrian Kurdish groups. He has also been credited for a guarded approach to the Gulen movement and has been involved in multiple Israeli, Iranian, and Russian spy ring busts.