Turkey announces minor ambassadorial reshuffle

Turkey has announced a minor diplomatic reshuffle affecting its ambassadors in Lebanon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to a decree published in the Official Gazette on March 28, Turkey’s ambassador to Lebanon, Çağatay Erciyes, and its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bekir Uysal, have been replaced by Hakan Çakıl and Salih Boğaç Güldere respectively.

Çakıl has been serving as Turkey’s ambassador to Nigeria and Güldere has been serving as deputy for the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.

With the same decree, Ambassador Ahmet Asım Karar has been appointed as Turkey’s envoy to Vagadugu, Burkina Faso.