Turkey appoints new ambassadors to 36 countries

Turkey appoints new ambassadors to 36 countries

The Foreign Ministry appointed dozens of ambassadors to various countries, including Belgium, Mexico and South Korea, in a decree published Wednesday, reports TurkicWorld with the reference DailySabah.

Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kiran was appointed as Turkey’s ambassador to Croatia, while Riza Hakan Tekin was appointed as Ankara’s new envoy to Copenhagen.

The head of the ministry’s inspection board Bekir Uysal was appointed as the ambassador to Belgium, while Emir Salim Yuksel will replace Ambassador Merve Safa Kavakçı in Kuala Lumpur.

Levent Eler, who previously served as Turkey’s ambassador to Yemen, was appointed as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna.