Ebru Barutçu Gökdenizler joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She served in the diplomatic missions of Turkey at the United Nations in New York City and in Mexico City. She held various positions in the Ministry, as the Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the departments for Multilateral Economic Relations, the European Union, Policy Planning, the Middle East and the Americas. She was the Director General of the Department for the Americas - political and economic relations of North, Central and South American countries before she was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Portugal.[2][3] She served there between 4 September 2012 and 8 November 2016.[4] In June 2017, she became Advisor to the Minister of the Foreign Affairs.[5]