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

Private life

Ayşe Sezgin was born in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

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

Üsküdar American Academy Üsküdar American Academy ( Turkish: Üsküdar Amerikan Lisesi) is a private coeducational high school located in Üsküdar borough of Istanbul, Turkey. The school was established by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old t ...

, Ankara. She is married to diplomat and ambassador

Aydın Adnan Sezgin Aydın Adnan Sezgin (born 13 July 1956) is a Turkish diplomat and a politician. He is one of the founders of the Good Party which was established in 2017. He is a member of the Turkish Parliament. Biography Sezgin was born in Aydın on 13 July 1 ...

. They have one child.

Career

Ayşe Sezgin entered in the service of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...

in 1983. She worked in many

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

s of Turkey, including

Antwerp, Belgium Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Mosul, Iraq Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

Lyon, France Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Geneva, Switzerland Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

(

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and

London, United Kingdom London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...

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

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been ...

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

Melek Sina Baydur Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948) is a Turkish retired diplomat and former ambassador of Turkey. Melek Sina Baydur served as Ambassador of Turkey to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo between 03 January 2003 and 16 December 2005. Her next appointment ...

and serving in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the a ...

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

Valletta Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an administrative unit and capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was ...

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