Oya Tuzcuoğlu (born 1948) is a Turkish retired diplomat and former ambassador of Turkey.
She served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the International Civil Aviation Organization between 1 August 1999 and 31 May 2002; and further, as Ambassador of Turkey to Qatar between 1 June 2002 and 30 November 2004.
Returned home, she was appointed in 2004 as the first female Director General of Protocol in the Ministry.
On 14 April 2008, Tuzcuoğlu took office in
Budapest
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as Ambassador of Turkey to Hungary. She served there until 1 July 2010.
Her next appointment was once again to the
International Civil Aviation Organization
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(ICAO) in
Montreal
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, Canada, where she served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey until 31 August 2012.
Oya Tuzcuoğlu retired in 2013.
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Living people
1948 births
People from Eskişehir
TED Ankara College Foundation Schools alumni
Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
Turkish women ambassadors
Ambassadors of Turkey to Qatar
Ambassadors of Turkey to Hungary
Permanent Representatives of Turkey to the International Civil Aviation Organization
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