Ayşe Sezgin (born 23 January 1958) is a Turkish diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey.

Private life

Ayşe Sezgin was born in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, Turkey in 1958. She completed her high school education at

Üsküdar American Academy Üsküdar American Academy ( Turkish: ''Üsküdar Amerikan Lisesi'', ) often abbreviated as Üsküdar American or UAA, is a private coeducational American high school located in Üsküdar borough of Istanbul, Turkey. The school was established b ...

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, and was then educated at the Faculty of Administrative and Social Science in

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University () is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021. The university has two main c ...

, Ankara. She is married to diplomat and ambassador Aydın Adnan Sezgin. They have one child.

Career

Ayşe Sezgin entered in the service of

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in 1983. She worked in many

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s of Turkey, including

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and

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. From 2006 to 2008, Sezgin was the Deputy General Manager of the

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Affairs Department in the Ministry. She was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Slovenia succeeding

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and serving in

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between 15 March 2008 and 9 October 2009. Returned home, she became in 2010 Deputy Undersecretary responsible for European Union Affairs in the Ministry, the highest-ranked position held for the first time ever by a female civil servant in Turkey. In 2011, Sezgin was appointed ambassador to Austria succeeding Kadri Ecvet Tezcan. Her next appointment was to

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as Ambassador to Malta, where she served until 1 July 2015. On 14 June 2017, she became advisor at the Ministry.

References

Living people 1958 births People from Ankara Üsküdar American Academy alumni Hacettepe University alumni Turkish women ambassadors Ambassadors of Turkey to Slovenia Ambassadors of Turkey to Austria Ambassadors of Turkey to Malta 21st-century Turkish diplomats {{Turkey-diplomat-stub