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Hakan Fidan stays out of limelight after MIT hostage rescue fiasco

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MIT head Hakan Fidan (R) and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (L).
MIT head Hakan Fidan (R) and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (L). © Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Despite his central role in Turkey's security apparatus, MIT chief Hakan Fidan has been unusually invisible in the wake of his agency's botched attempt to free a group of hostages including senior MIT officials held by the PKK.

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