DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 10 February 1975, İzmir

MARITAL STATUS: Married with two children

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree: Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, International Relations, Türkiye, 1996

LANGUAGES: English, French, Russian

WORK EXPERIENCE

15.03.2023 – Currently: Ambassador Designate of the Republic of Türkiye to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union

11.12.2018 – 15.03.2023: Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Director General, Deputy Directorate General for the Northeastern Mediterranean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

01.01.2018 - 11.12.2018: Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for the Northeastern Mediterranean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

15.08.2013 - 01.01.2018: First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Türkiye to the United Nations Office at Geneva

15.06.2011 - 15.08.2013: Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for International Political Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

05.08.2010 - 15.06.2011: Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Kiev, Ukraine

14.08.2006 - 05.08.2010: First Secretary, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Moscow, Russian Federation

01.09.2004 - 14.08.2006: Second Secretary, First Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for the Northeastern Mediterranean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

22.08.2002 - 01.09.2004: Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Zagreb, Croatia

01.10.1999 - 22.08.2002: Attaché, Third Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

21.07.1998 - 01.10.1999: Attaché, Office of the Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

27.12.1996 - 21.11.1997: Attaché, Pacific and Latin America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye