Ayşe Sezgin

Ayşe Sezgin
Sezgin in 2013
Turkey Ambassador to Malta
In office
30 November 2013 – 1 July 2015
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Succeeded byReha Keskintepe
Turkey Ambassador to Austria
In office
25 October 2011 – 18 November 2013
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Preceded byKadri Ecvet Tezcan
Succeeded byHasan Göğüş
Turkey Ambassador to Slovenia
In office
15 March 2008 – 9 October 2009
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Preceded byMelek Sina Baydur
Succeeded byDerya Kanbay
Personal details
Born (1958-01-23) 23 January 1958 (age 66)
Ankara, Turkey
SpouseAydın Adnan Sezgin
Children1
EducationAdministrative and Social Science
Alma materHacettepe University
ProfessionDiplomat

Ayşe Sezgin (born 23 January 1958) is a Turkish diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey.

Private life

Ayşe Sezgin was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1958. She completed her high school education at Üsküdar American Academy in Istanbul, and was then educated at the Faculty of Administrative and Social Science in Hacettepe University, Ankara.[1]

She is married to diplomat and ambassador Aydın Adnan Sezgin.[2] They have one child.[1]

Career

Ayşe Sezgin entered in the service of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983. She worked in many diplomatic missions of Turkey, including Antwerp, Belgium, Mosul, Iraq, Lyon, France, Geneva, Switzerland (United Nations), Paris, France and London, United Kingdom. From 2006 to 2008, Sezgin was the Deputy General Manager of the European Union Affairs Department in the Ministry.[1]

She was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Slovenia succeeding Melek Sina Baydur and serving in Ljubljana between 15 March 2008 and 9 October 2009.[3] Returned home, she became in 2010 Deputy Undersecretary responsible for European Union Affairs in the Ministry, the highest-ranked position held for the first time ever by a female civil servant in Turkey.[4] In 2011, Sezgin was appointed ambassador to Austria succeeding Kadri Ecvet Tezcan.[2] Her next appointment was to Valletta as Ambassador to Malta,[5] where she served until 1 July 2015.[6] On 14 June 2017, she became advisor at the Ministry.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "İşte Türkiye'nin 17 yeni büyükelçisi". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. ^ a b "Porträt: Ayse Sezgin". Wiener Zeitung (in German). 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. ^ "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Lübliyana Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  4. ^ Aydıntaşbaş, Aslı (2010-01-18). "Türkiye'nin yüksek rütbeli kadın bürokratı". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  5. ^ "Dışişleri Bakanlığı'nda büyükelçi atamaları". Sabah (in Turkish). 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  6. ^ "40 büyükelçinin görev yerinde değişiklik". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  7. ^ "10 büyükelçi bakanlık müşavirliklerine atandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2018-03-22.


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