Türkiye appoints Basat Ozturk as permanent representative to NATO

ISTANBUL

Basat Ozturk, the director-general for international security at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, has been appointed as Türkiye’s permanent representative to NATO, according to a presidential decree on Thursday.

The decree, signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was published in the Official Gazette.

Ozturk will represent Türkiye at NATO headquarters in Brussels.