Erdoğan signs off on changes to diplomatic positions
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signs an official document.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed new ambassadors to Iceland, Ukraine and the Netherlands, as well as a new permanent representative to the U.N. Office in Geneva.
According to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, Mustafa Levent Bilgen was appointed ambassador to Iceland. He has served as Türkiye’s ambassador to Ukraine since October 2023.
Fatma Ceren Yazgan, Türkiye’s ambassador to the Netherlands since September 2025, was named the new ambassador to Ukraine. Türkiye’s permanent representative to the U.N. office in Geneva, Burak Akçapar, was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands.
