İlter Türkmen (born 8 November 1927) is a
Turkish
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diplomat
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and
politician.
Early life
Son of
Behçet Türkmen
Behçet Türkmen (9 May 1899 – 16 December 1968) was a Turkish soldier and intelligence officer.
He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy. On 1 September 1931, he was appointed chief of staff to the National Police Service Race. Later he ...
(1899–1968), who between 1953 and 1957 was the director of the Turkish
National Security Service (MAH).
Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva in 1983, 1985,
Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations
The ambassador of Turkey to the United Nations is the leader of the delegation of Turkey, the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the Republic of Türkiye to the ...
in New York, in 1988, he served as Ambassador to Paris and retired in 1991. Following his retirement from the United Nations Secretary-General between 1991 and 1996 with the title of Assistant to the Palestinian Refugee Relief Organization has worked as General Commissioner for international duty. Parliamentary candidate in the 1995 general elections, the MHP has been İzmir, but not selected. A period of Galatasaray University, has taught in the Department of International Relations. He is currently writing a letter foreign policy in the Hürriyet newspaper.
Türkmen National Security Service Chairman Lieutenant General Behçet's son. First married to Mina Özdoğancı, mother of both children Lale Apa and Güner Türkmen. Later on married Dr. Füsun Türkmen.
Career
Türkmen was Turkey's permanent representative to the UN in New York (1975–1978 and 1985–1988) and was representative to the UN in Geneva (1983–1985). He also served as Turkey's ambassador to France, Greece and the
USSR. Türkmen served from 1979 to 1980 as the UN Secretary-General's special representative in Thailand, dealing with humanitarian issues. From 1980 to 1983 Türkmen was the Foreign Minister of Turkey. Türkmen had been
UNRWA Commissioner-General from 1991 to 1996.
[Benjamin N. Schiff, ''Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians'', (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.]
See also
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Sources
* Who is Who database
''Biography of İlter Türkmen''
References
1927 births
Living people
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
Turkish diplomats
Permanent Representatives of Turkey to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Turkey to France
Ambassadors of Turkey to Greece
Ambassadors of Turkey to the Soviet Union
UNRWA officials
Turkish columnists
Galatasaray High School alumni
Ankara University alumni
Galatasaray University faculty
People from Istanbul
Members of the 44th government of Turkey
Turkish officials of the United Nations
Turkish expatriates in the United States
Turkish expatriates in Switzerland
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