Turkey names new ambassadors to a host of missions abroad

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has appointed several new ambassadors at Turkey's missions abroad, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.

Turkey's current deputy foreign minister, Yavuz Selim Kiran, will take the post as ambassador in Croatia's capital Zagreb, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Levent Eler has been appointed Turkey’s ambassador to the UN in New York.

According to the sources, Turkey's ambassador to Brussels will be Bekir Uysal, Sule Oztunc will take the envoy’s post in Riga, Latvia, Deniz Cakar will serve in Helsinki, Finland, and former Kyiv Ambassador Can Tezel has been appointed to Stockholm, Sweden.

Riza Hakan Tekin, head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry's Asia Department, has been appointed ambassador to Copenhagen, while Ilhan Kemal Tug, the Foreign Ministry's top energy and environment official, became the new envoy in Mexico City.

Omer Faruk Dogan has been named Turkey's ambassador to Morocco, and Salih Murat Tamer will helm the embassy in Seoul, South Korea.

Berna Kasnakli Vresteden will replace current Turkish Ambassador to Zimbabwe Hakan Kivanc, and Subutay Yuksel will head up Turkey’s Embassy in Kenya.

Naci Aydan Karamanoglu has been named the new envoy to Venezuela, Ismail Cobanoglu will replace current Ambassador to Sudan Irfan Neziroglu, and presidential advisor Tuba Nur Sonmez will replace current Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait Ayse Hilal Sayan Koytak.

Additionally, Emir Salim Yuksel will replace Ambassador Merve Safa Kavakci in Malaysia, while Uygar Mustafa Sertel has been named the new envoy in Moldova, Niyazi Evren Akyol will head the Philippines Embassy, Ozgur Cinar has been named ambassador to Niger, and Beste Pehlivan Sun will helm Turkey’s Embassy in Colombia.

Makbule Basak Yalcin has been named Turkey's ambassador to Ecuador, Tayyar Kagan Atay will head up its embassy in Albania, and Alp Isikli will be ambassador to Burundi.

Finally, Ishak Ebrar Cubukcu has been named Turkish envoy to Madagascar while Akif Menevse will head the embassy in Mauritania and Gulsen Karanis Eksioglu will serve as Turkey’s ambassador to Budapest, Hungary.