Süleyman İnan Özyıldız explained

Süleyman İnan Özyıldız
Birth Place:İzmir, Turkey
Alma Mater:Ankara University
Birth Date:23 January 1957
Office1:Ambassador of Turkey to Estonia
Office2:Ambassador of Turkey to Lebanon
Term1:1 January 2020 – 8 January 2022
Term2:15 July 2010 – 1 September 2015
Predecessor1:Hayriye Kumaşcıoğlu
Successor1:Başak Türkoğlu
Predecessor2:Serdar Kılıç
Successor2:Çağatay Erciyes

İnan Özyıldız (born January 23, 1957, İzmir) is a Turkish diplomat who served as Turkish ambassador to Lebanon from 2010 until 2015 and as Turkish ambassador to Estonia from 2020 until 2022.[1]

Early life and education

He graduated from Saint Joseph French High School and later from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 and completed his studies at the College of Europe in Bruges between 1988 and 1989.[2]

Career

From 2000 to 2003, he served as the foreign affairs advisor to Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey.[3] Between 2003 and 2007, he held the position of minister-counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Paris.[4] From 2008 to 2010, he served as Deputy Director General for Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] He was appointed as the Turkish Ambassador to Beirut, serving from 2010 to 2015.[6] [7] Between 2017 and 2019, he held the position of Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On January 1, 2020, he was appointed as the Ambassador to Tallinn.[8] He retired in January 2022 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.

Personal life

He is married and has one child. He is the brother of fellow ambassador Hasan Mehmet Özyıldız.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010255/https://www.yenisafak.com/arsiv/2003/nisan/30/p3.html. VELİ TOPRAK, ALİ SALİ. 30 April 2003. Başbakan Erdoğan MGK'ya 2 dosya götürecek. live. yenisafak.com.
  2. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010252/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/amp/siyaset/sezer-abdye-gap-ucagiyla-gidecek-5307094. SERPİL ÇEVİKCAN. 1 September 2000. Sezer ABD'ye GAP uçağıyla gidecek. live. milliyet.com.tr.
  3. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010307/https://mobile.tgrthaber.com.tr//dunya/50771.html. 10 May 2002. Sezer: "Türkiye Ortadoğu'daki barışa katkıda bulunacaktır". mobile.tgrthaber.com.tr.
  4. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010253/https://m.haberler.com/erdogan-kursudeyken-salondaki-bir-vatandas-12910474-haberi/. 30 October 2007. Paris'te 29 Ekim Cumhuriyet Bayramı Resepsiyonu. m.haberler.com.
  5. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010254/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/amp/siyaset/disisleri-bakanliginda-yeni-atamalar-yapildi-875227. 11 June 2018. Dışişleri Bakanlığı'nda yeni atamalar yapıldı. live. milliyet.com.tr.
  6. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010253/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/alcak-koltuk-krizi-merkeze-cektirdi-14311268. Uğur ERGAN. 4 April 2010. Alçak koltuk krizi merkeze çektirdi. live. hurriyet.com.tr.
  7. Web site: 13 February 2020. 13 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213010251/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2015/gunun-icinden/16-buyukelci-merkeze-cekildi-874416/amp/. 1 July 2015. 16 büyükelçi merkeze çekildi. sozcu.com.tr.
  8. Web site: 13 February 2020. 12 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200212224718/http://tallin.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography. Türkiye'nin Estonya Büyükelçiliği internet sitesindeki özgeçmişi. live. tallin.be.mfa.gov.tr.