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Fatih Yıldız (born 1971 in Ankara) is a Turkish diplomat who served as the ambassador of Turkey to Iraq from 2017 to 2021.


Career

Yıldız graduated from the
Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...
in 1994 with a degree in international relations and entered the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
in the same year. Yıldız started his career working as a second and first secretary in the office of the ministry undersecretary Uğur Ziyal. He then served as first secretary and counselor in the Embassy of Turkey in Washington, D.C. before returning to Ankara to work in the HR department of the Foreign Ministry. In 2010 Yıldız was appointed as Consul General to Chicago. In 2014 he returned to the HR department to serve as its Head. On 25 January 2017, Yıldız was appointed as the ambassador of Turkey to Iraq. He returned to the headquarters on 1 May 2021. During his tenure as the ambassador to Iraq, Yıldız made numerous appearances on Iraqi media regarding Iranian actions in Iraq and Turkey's military presence in northern Iraq. On 26 August 2024, he was appointed ambassador to
Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
.


Personal life

He is married and a father of one daughter.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yildiz, Fatih 1971 births People from Ankara 21st-century Turkish diplomats Ambassadors of Turkey to Iraq Middle East Technical University alumni Living people Ambassadors to Sudan