Nazli Yuzbasioglu
December 08, 2020•Update: December 08, 2020
ANKARA
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has appointed several new ambassadors at Turkey’s missions abroad as well as representatives, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Turkey’s current ambassador in Tokyo, Hasan Murat Mercan, will take up the post as ambassador in Washington, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
Mehmet Gulluoglu, the current head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), has been named Turkish ambassador in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Cihad Erginay, currently the ambassador in Madrid, has been appointed ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan, while Ahmet Basar Sen became the new ambassador to Germany.
Hatun Demirer has also been appointed Turkey’s permanent representative at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Ahmet Demirok became the new ambassador in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Esin Cakil was named Turkey’s ambassador to Bahrain.
Hami Aksoy, current spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed ambassador in Belgrade. Also, prominent Turkish economist Kerem Alkin has been named as Turkey’s permanent representative at Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in France.
Here are appointments of other ambassadors and permanent representatives:
COUNTRY | APPOINTMENT | NAMES |
| UAE | Abu Dhabi Embassy | Tugay Tuncer
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Embassy | Sadik Babur Girgin |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy | Hamit Ersoy
|
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou Embassy | Nilgun Erdem Ari
|
| Eritrea | Asmara Embassy | Mehmet Selim Kartal
|
| Morocco | Rabat Embassy | Adnan Kececi |
| France | Paris Embassy | Refik Ali Onaner |
| Guinea | Conakry Embassy | Volkan Turk Vural |
| South Africa | Pretoria Embassy | Aysegul Kandas |
| South Sudan | Juba Embassy | Erdem Mutaf |
| India | New Delhi Embassy | Firat Sunel |
| Iraq | Baghdad Embassy | Ali Riza Guney |
| Ireland | Dublin Embassy | Mehmet Hakan Olcay |
| Spain | Madrid Embassy | Burak Akcapar |
| Switzerland | WTO Permanent Representative | Alparslan Acarsoy |
| Switzerland | Bern Embassy | Emine Ece Ozbayoglu Acarsoy |
| Italy | Rome Embassy | Omer Gucuk |
| Japan | Tokyo Embassy | Korkut Gungen |
| Cameroon | Yaounde Embassy | Volkan Isikci |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek Embassy | Ahmet Sadik Dogan |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa Embassy | Mehmet Munis Dirik
|
| Cuba | Havana Embassy | Vehbi Esgel Etensel |
| Libya | Tripoli Embassy | Kenan Yilmaz |
| Lebanon | Beirut Embassy | Ali Baris Ulusoy |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar Embassy | Zafer Ates |
| Mozambique | Maputo Embassy | Huseyin Avni Aksoy |
| Myanmar | Naypyitaw Embassy | Ali Sait Akin |
| Nigeria | Abuja Embassy | Hidayet Bayraktar
|
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent Embassy | Olgan Bekar |
| Panama | Panama Embassy | Lebibe Gulhan Ulutekin |
| Paraguay | Asuncion Embassy | Serhat Aksen |
| Poland | Warsaw Embassy | Cengiz Kamil Firat |
| Serbia | Belgrade Embassy | Hami Aksoy |
| Sierre Leone | Freetown Embassy | Sibel Erkan |
| Singapore | Singapore Embassy | Mehmet Burcin Gonenli
|
| Slovakia | Bratislava Embassy | Yunus Demirer |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana Embassy | Aylin Tashan |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Embassy | Fatih Ulusoy |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe Embassy | Emre Zeki Karagol |
| Thailand | Bangkok Embassy | Serap Ersoy
|
| Togo | Lome Embassy | Esra Demir |
| Tunisia | Tunis Embassy | Caglar Fahri Cakiralp |
| Uruguay | Montevideo Embassy | Huseyin Muftuoglu |
| Yemen | Sanaa Embassy | Mustafa Pulat |
| New Zealand | Wellington Embassy | Fatma Omur Unsay |
| Zambia | Lusaka Embassy | Istem Circiroglu |
* Writing and contributions by Merve Aydogan
