Place and date of birth:
İstanbul, 1967
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Diplomatic Career:
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May 2021 - February 2023
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Türkiye to the Kingdom of Spain.
Non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra.
Permanent Representative to UN World Tourism Organization
(Nov. 2022-Feb. 2023).
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January 2019 – May 2021
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Ambassador, Director General for Foreign Policy, Analysis
and Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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July 2018 – January 2019
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Ambassador, Acting Director General for Conflict Prevention
and Crisis Management, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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January 2017 – July 2018
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Ambassador, Director General for Policy Planning, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
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July 2011 – January 2017
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Türkiye to the Republic of India.
Non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka (2011-12), Maldives
and Nepal.
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September 2009 – July 2011
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Deputy Director General for South Asia, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
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November 2008 – September 2009
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Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for Policy
Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
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November 2004 – November 2008
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First Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the
Republic of Türkiye to the United States.
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November 2002 – November 2004
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Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for Policy
Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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August 1998 – November 2002
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International Staff Officer, Defense Planning and
Operations Division of NATO.
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September 1997 – August 1998
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First Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Arms
Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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September 1996 – September 1997
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Second Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Arms
Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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September 1993 – September 1996
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Vice-Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Türkiye
in Hamburg.
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August 1991 – September 1993
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Third Secretary, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the
Republic of Türkiye to the State of Qatar.
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December 1990 – August 1991
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Diplomatic Attaché, Deputy Directorate General for Arms
Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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April 1990 – December 1990
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Military service, Turkish General Staff.
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May 1989 – April 1990
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Candidate to career officer Deputy Directorate General for
Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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December 1988 – May 1989
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Candidate to career officer, Diplomacy Academy, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
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Awards:
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Best Ambassador of the Year Award 2022, Raia Diplomatica.
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NATO Secretary General’s Award for Excellence.
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Honorary Doctorate, Rai University, India.
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Academic background:
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Associate Prof. Dr.
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International Relations
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Dr. Iuris
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International Law, Hamburg University
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BA
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Political Science, Boğaziçi University
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Books:
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People’s Mission to the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University
Press.
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(Translation: Halkın Fermanı, Koç University Press)
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Turkey’s New European Era, Rowman and Littlefield.
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The International Law of Conventional Arms Control in
Europe, Nomos
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