Emre Özkan

Born in Aydın in 1981.

December 2006: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye.

July 2007-September 2009: Attaché at the Office of Special Representative of Türkiye to Iraq.

September 2009-August 2011: Third Secretary/Second Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Prishtina.

September 2011-August 2014: Vice Consul/Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in Milano.

September 2014-July 2016: Head of Section at the Office of Chief Foreign Policy Advisor of the Presidency.

July 2016-January 2018: Head of Section at the Office of Deputy Foreign Minister.

February 2018-November 2021: Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC.

December 2021-July 2023: Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Doha.

August 2023-May 2024: Head of Department at the Office Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

May 2024-May 2025: Head of Iran Department.

May 2025-September 2025: Head of Iraq Department.

Assumed duties as Consul General in Sydney in October 2026.

Has a BA from the Department of International Relations of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

Married and speaks English.