Turkey has replaced its ambassador to Ukraine as part of a diplomatic rotation
Turkey has made personnel changes within its diplomatic corps and appointed a new ambassador to Ukraine. The post will be filled by Fatma Ceren Yazgan, who previously served as Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, while her predecessor has been reassigned to Iceland.
The rotation took place as part of a general reshuffle of Turkey’s foreign mission heads, coordinated by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to Turkish media reports citing sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fatma Jeren Yazgan, who previously served as ambassador to the Netherlands, will now head Turkey’s diplomatic mission in Kyiv.
Her predecessor, Mustafa Levent Bilgen, who has served as ambassador to Ukraine since 2023, has received a new assignment and will travel to Iceland, where he will become Turkey’s first ambassador to the newly established diplomatic mission. “Fatma Ceren Yazgan, Turkey’s current ambassador to the Netherlands, has been appointed as the new head of Turkey’s diplomatic mission in Kyiv,” the statement reads.
According to media reports, the personnel changes were part of a routine rotation of heads of Turkish embassies and permanent missions abroad. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan informed the diplomatic corps of the relevant decisions, officially concluding the appointment process.
Such changes are standard practice for Turkey’s diplomatic service, which regularly rotates the heads of its missions abroad. The appointment of a new ambassador to Ukraine comes amid Ankara’s active international engagement with Kyiv and other countries in the region, as well as a general rotation of diplomatic personnel. This was reported by Turkish media, citing sources in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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