UPDATE - Turkey names new ambassadors, permanent representatives

Hasan Murat Mercan, current Turkish ambassador in Tokyo, named Turkey’s new top envoy in Washington, say diplomatic sources

UPDATES WITH MORE NAMES, DETAILS

By Nazli Yuzbasioglu

ANKARA (AA) - 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

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