HELLO!
I was born in İzmit in 1969. After graduating from the International Relations department at METU, I started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992.
In 1996, I completed the European Policies Master’s program at the College of Europe in Bruges. I served as a diplomat in Italy, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Austria, Afghanistan, Belgium, and Bangladesh. My last duty was as the Ambassador of Turkey to Bangladesh.
In fact, my dream was to become an architect. That’s why I describe myself as a Social Architect. My passion is to create communities based on trust that has a positive impact.
So far, I have designed and implemented the InnoMate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Meetup Groups in Brussels and Istanbul, the mobile entrepreneurship education program InnoCampus, the co-learning journeys TACT Agora, the Sustainable Development Goals Impact Accelerator program supporting impact entrepreneurs, and most recently, the HOLIST School of Holistic Life with my friends who want to change the world.
My most important goal in life is to be an inspiration for my son Mehmet Alp and all young people for a better future.
2023 Retired Ambassador
2020 Ambassador - Dhaka | Bangladesh
2015 Communications Coordinator - Sherpa Team, G20 Turkish Presidency - Ankara | Turkey
2014 Deputy Director General of Multilateral Economic Affairs - Ankara | Turkey
2011 Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union - Brussels | Belgium
2010 Team Leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team - Jowzjan | Afghanistan
2008 Head of NATO Department - Ankara | Turkey
2004 Counsellor at the Turkish Permanent Mission to the OSCE - Vienna | Austria
2002 Head of OSCE Department - Ankara | Turkey
2001 Head of Kosovo Coordination Office - Pristina | Kosovo
2000 Second Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Skopje - Skopje | Macedonia
1998 Second Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Tirana - Tirana | Albania
1996 Third Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Rome - Rome | Italy
1995 Deputy Consul General - Antwerp | Belgium
1992 Attache in NATO and Middle East Department - Ankara | Turkey
European Politics – Master
European College I Bruges I Belgium (1995 – 1996)
International Relations – Bachelor
Middle East Technical University (METU) I Ankara (1986 – 1991)
Izmit High School
Kocaeli I Turkey (1984 – 1986)
midst of life
LIKE
NEVER
BEFORE
Mustafa Osman Turan
Dhaka, 20 March 2020
This is a retreat,
not a quarantine or a lockdown!
This is a retreat
to reflect,
forced upon us by the Mother Nature. Like a mother
she saw us
drifting apart
from her
and from each other,
and did what was necessary
to save us
from our own self-destruction.
Do not despair!
Hear her now,
and get prepared to act
when this is all over
for what really matters,
to see,
listen,
live and love
like never before…