Ankara is making a host of new diplomatic appointments, including to UN, EU, Baghdad, Paris, Moscow, diplomatic sources say
Turkey is set to appoint more new ambassadors, including to Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Russia and France, Turkish diplomatic sources told Anadolu Agency on Monday.
Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Yasar Halit Cevik will be Turkey’s new ambassador to Athens, while the head of Turkish Foreign Ministry’s Human Resources Department Fatih Yilmaz will be appointed as ambassador to Baghdad, the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said.
Undersecretary of the Turkish Prime Ministry Kemal Madenoglu will serve as permanent representative of Turkey to the World Trade Organization; Assistant Secretary of Political Affairs Levent Murat will be Turkey’s ambassador to Dublin, the sources said.
Foreign Policy Advisory Board Member Husnu Gurcan will be appointed as ambassador to Jerusalem while Brazil ambassador Huseyin Lazip Dirioz will now serve in Moscow.
Turkish National Intelligence Service Deputy Undersecretary Ismail Hakki Musa will be Turkey’s ambassador to Paris, while European Affairs Deputy Undersecretary Murat Salim Esen would be appointed to Rome embassy.
On Saturday, it was revealed that Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu will be appointed as permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru will be permanent representative to the UN in Geneva. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic will be Turkey’s ambassador to Serbia.
