Şükrü Sina Gürel (born 1 January 1950 in Izmir;

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as Sukru Sina Gurel) is a Turkish diplomat and political figure who served as the nation's foreign minister in mid-2002. A native of

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and a member of the Democratic Left Party (DSP), Gürel represented his country at the

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from 22 April 1996 to 26 January 1998. He became foreign minister following the resignation of his predecessor,

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on 10 July 2002. Later in the year he ceded the office to

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Bibliography

*Tarihsel Boyutları İçinde: ''TÜRK - YUNAN İLİŞKİLERİ (1821 - 1993)'' (

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for ''Turkish-Greek relations''), Ümit Yayıncılık,

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, 1993. Also translated in

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(from the original Turkish) in 2008 as ''Οι Τουρκο-Ελληνικές σχέσεις (1821 - 1993)'' by Παντελής Τουλουμάκος ( Pandelis Touloumakos).

References

Unlu, Murat. "Gurel's unexpected performance". ''Turkish Daily News'' (Sunday, 22 September 2002)
1950 births Living people People from İzmir Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Deputies of Izmir Bornova Anadolu Lisesi alumni Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 56th government of Turkey Members of the 57th government of Turkey Ministers of State of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub