Yaşar Halit Çevik, (born 1955 in

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Private life and education

He finished in 1978 his studies at the department of international relationships at the Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi (Ankara University School of Political Science). He speaks English. He is married and has two children.

Working life

In 1979, he started to work for (''Government Office for Cultural Affairs-Bilateral Economical Affairs''). He worked at the embassy of Khartum in 1981 and became the consul of Turkey in

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in 1983. In 1989, he became consul at the consulate general of Turkey in

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. After several diplomatic assignments, he was the

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between 1995-1997 and the ambassador to Syria between 2004 and 2009. In 2009, he became the undersecretary for bilateral political affairs. From 2012 to October 2016, he is the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations. Since 2019 he heads the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to the eastern Ukraine as a chief monitor.Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik
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References

1955 births Living people 21st-century Turkish diplomats Permanent representatives of Turkey to the United Nations Ambassadors of Turkey to Syria {{Turkey-politician-stub