Turkish intelligence chief Kalın meets Syrian President Sharaa in Damascus
Türkiye's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria, TRT Haber reports. The high-level contact is one of the most visible meetings of the new phase in Türkiye-Syria security dialogue. Regional stability and border security were on the reported agenda.
TRT Haber reports that Türkiye's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria. The encounter is being read as a concrete sign of the momentum Türkiye-Syria high-level security contacts have gained in recent months.
Ankara has been engaging directly with Damascus on the architecture of border security, the return of Syrians from Türkiye and policy towards PKK/YPG-linked formations. Kalın's visit suggests that the two governments are now trying to operationalise coordination mechanisms rather than confining contacts to symbolic gestures.
The meeting takes place against the backdrop of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, the war in Gaza and continuing US-Iran tensions. According to Turkish sources, the talks covered cross-border threat assessments and economic reconstruction. Bilateral dialogue is expected to continue at ministerial level in the coming weeks.
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