Erkan Özoral is Turkey's current Ambassador to Bratislava.

Born in Erzincan in 1965, Ambassador Özoral graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations in 1989 and started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the same year.

In 1990-1991, he worked as a candidate professional officer in the Middle East Deputy Director General, in 1991-1992 as a candidate professional officer in the Deputy Director General of the Consulate, in 1992-1994 as an attaché and third secretary in the Embassy in Riyadh, in 1994-1997 as an assistant consul at the Consulate General in Karlsruhe, in 1997-1999 as the second secretary and chief clerk in the General Directorate of Protocol, in 1999-2003 as the chief clerk and undersecretary at the Berlin Embassy, in 2003-2005 as the General Secretary of the Protocol Between 2005 and 2009, he worked as a branch manager at the Embassy in Baku as undersecretary and first undersecretary.

In 2009-2011,He continued to work as the Head of Department at the General Directorate of Bilateral Economic Relations and the General Directorate of Multilateral Economic Relations, respectively, as the Head of Department and the Ambassador-Deputy Director General in 2011-2014 as the Chief Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, and as an advisor as the Ambassador-Deputy Director General in 2014-2016.

In October 2016, he was appointed as the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Azerbaijan and continued in this position until the end of April 2021.

Between 2021 and 2024, he served as a Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Board at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as the Director of Protocol at the Presidency.

As of March 15, 2024, he has been serving as the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Slovakia.

Ambassador Özoral is married and speaks English and German.

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  1. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Turkish Embassy In Bratislava - Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi". bratislava-be.mfa.gov.tr.
  2. ^ "Yeni Slovakya Büyükelçisi Erkan Özoral kimdir? Erkan Özoral nereli, kaç yaşında?". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr. February 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Yeni Slovak Cumhuriyeti Büyükelçisi Erkan Özoral kimdir? Erkan Özoral y hayatı ve biyografisi". Haberler. February 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Yüksektepe, Fatih (February 16, 2024). "Slovak Cumhuriyeti'ne yeni Büyükelçi: Erkan Özoral Kimdir?". Milli Gazete.
  5. ^ "Erkan Özoral kimdir?". Elips Haber - 'Herkese eşit yaklaşır'.
  6. ^ "Yeni Slovakya Büyükelçisi Erkan Özoral kimdir? Erkan Özoral nereli, kaç yaşında? | Acil Gündem - Son Dakika Haber". February 16, 2024.