CAREER

27 june 2022 Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to the Republic of Ecuador

2018-June 2022 Minister plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy, Analysis (Policy Planning)

2014-2018 Deputy Permanent Representative, Political Coordinator at the Permanent Mission of Türkiye to the United Nations

2012-2014 Head of Department, Advisor to the Under Secretary of the Ministry

2011-2012 Head of Department at the Directorate for Research

2007-2011 First Secretary, Counsellor at the Embassy of Turkey in Paris

2005-2007 First Secretary at the Directorate for Policy Planning

2003-2005 Third Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Türkiye to the European Union

2002-2003 College of Europe

2000-2002 Third Secretary at the Embassy of Türkiye in Sarajevo, seconded to the Office of the High Represantative for Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Government of Türkiye

1998-2000 Third Secretary at the Office of the Under Secretary

1997-1998 Attaché at the Directorate for Policy Planning

EDUCATION

2003 College of Europe, Bruges, MA in European Political and Administrative Studies (Scholarship by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye)

1997 Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, International Relations

1993 Ankara Private Tevfik Fikret High School

LANGUAGES

English, French

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born on May 26th, 1975 in Ankara

Married to Ertan Yalçın, Ambassador of Türkiye to Bolivia.

Mother of one son.