19.01.2026 22:41
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a number of new ambassadors. Minister Fidan announced the new assignments for the respective embassies and permanent missions.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced new assignments for some embassies and permanent representations.
NEW NAMES FOR MANY EMBASSIES
According to information obtained from diplomatic sources, Minister Fidan informed the names that will serve in Turkey's foreign representations and will be ambassadors of their new duties.
Accordingly, the new appointments are as follows:
- Consulate General Director Ambassador Gülsun Erkul, Ambassador to Budapest
- Director General of Bilateral Relations (Syria) Ambassador İhsan Mustafa Yurdakul, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Consul General in Sao Paulo Özgür Uludüz, Ambassador to Luanda
- Director General of Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication Ambassador Nevzat Uyanık, Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur
- Director General of Protocol Ambassador Ahmet Cemil Miroğlu, Ambassador to Riga
- Deputy Director General of Bilateral Relations (Balkans) Envoy Barış Ceyhun Erciyes, Ambassador to Tirana
- Director General of Humanitarian and Technical Assistance Ambassador Korhan Karakoç, Ambassador to Stockholm
- Ambassador Mustafa Türker Arı, Ambassador to Tbilisi
- Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations Office in Vienna
- Director General of Bilateral Relations (Northeast Mediterranean) Ambassador Burak Özügergin, Ambassador to Copenhagen
- Acting President of the Diplomacy Academy Mesut Özcan, Ambassador to Phnom Penh
- Ambassador Mehmet Cem Kahyaoğlu, Ambassador to Bissau
- Deputy Director General of Bilateral Relations (OIC and D8) Envoy Özgür Arslan, Ambassador to Niamey
- Deputy Director General of Bilateral Relations (Southern and Western Europe) Envoy Dilşad Kırbaşlı Karaoğlu, Ambassador to Dakar
- Ambassador Emir Salim Yüksel, Ambassador to Bogota
- First Secretary of the Lisbon Embassy Zeynep Kalali, Ambassador to Quito
- Ambassador Şule Öztunç, Ambassador to San Salvador
- Meltem Güney, Ambassador to La Paz
- Deputy Director General of Multilateral Relations (Council of Europe) Halime Ebru Demircan, Ambassador to Antananarivo