I am a career diplomat with 38 years of experience in diplomacy at every level from cadet to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. I currently serve as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Türkiye to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Before this posting, I served as Deputy Foreign Minister, covering almost all geographies except the EU, and all issues except environment, energy, and consular affairs. My previous ambassadorships were to the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of India, accredited simultaneously to Nepal and the Maldives, and briefly to Sri Lanka. Other postings included Deputy Head of Mission at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC; Member of NATO's International Staff, Directorate for Defence Planning and Operations; Vice Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in Hamburg, Germany; and Deputy Head of Mission at the Turkish Embassy in Doha, Qatar. Before Spain, I served as Director General for Foreign Policy, Analysis, and Coordination (Policy Planning) at Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a unit responsible for analysis, planning, speechwriting, and coordination across Turkish foreign policy, and which also coordinated Turkey's mediation efforts at the UN, OSCE, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. I served three terms on the policy planning team, twice at the arms control directorate, and led the South Asia desk.