Şükrü Sina Gürel (born 1 January 1950) is a Turkish diplomat and political figure who served as the nation's foreign minister in mid-2002.

Biography

A native of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

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,

İsmail Cem İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish Centre-left politics, centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture (Turkey), Minister ...

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

Yaşar Yakış Yaşar Yakış (1 August 1938 – 26 June 2024) was a Turkish politician. He was a Foreign Minister, and an ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. From 2002 to 2011 he represented Düzce as an MP in the Grand National ...

. Gürel returned to active politics by joining the Victory Party on 19 April 2022. He is director of foreign affairs at Victory Party's board.

Bibliography

*Tarihsel Boyutları İçinde: ''TÜRK - YUNAN İLİŞKİLERİ (1821 - 1993)'' ( Turkish for ''Turkish-Greek relations''), Ümit Yayıncılık,

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, 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 Pantelis or Pandelis (Greek ; ) is a name of Greek origin that is the given name of: Pantelis * Pantelis Horn, a Greek naval officer and playwright of Austrian origins * Pantelis Kafes, a Greek footballer * Pantelis Kapetanos, a Greek football p ...

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1950 births Living people Politicians from İzmir Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey Deputies of İzmir 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