MM Rahmatullah: His Excellency Mustafa Osman Turan Ambassador-designate Turkey to Bangladesh born in 1969 in Izmit of Turkey, which known as Nicomedia in antiquity and the administrative center of the Kocaeli Province as well as the Metropolitan Municipality. Izmit located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about 100 km east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. Recently, he visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh with a delegation of Turkish parliamentarians and decided on provincial measures to be taken by Myanmar on the Rohingya Genocide case. He worked a outstanding humanitarian by Tika Turkey. He joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey in 1992. His Excellency Mustafa Osman Turan studies in international relations at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He completed his Master’s degree on European politics in 1996 at the College of Europe in Bruges. Throughout his career, he worked at the Ministry’s departments on the Middle East, NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Affairs, Arms Control and Disarmament, Multilateral Economic Affairs. As his assignments abroad, he worked in Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Austria, Afghanistan and Belgium. His Excellency Mustafa Osman Turan can speak English fluently.
However, before being appointed as the Ambassador to Bangladesh at 15.01.2020, Mr. Turan engaged in Ankara as the Deputy Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs Between 2016-2019. It’s mentionable that Turkey recognized Bangladesh on 22 February 1974 shortly after its independence and the Turkish Embassy in Dhaka was opened in 1976 while the Embassy of Bangladesh in Ankara was inaugurated in 1981. His Excellency Ambassador-designate Mustafa Osman Turan gave a Message for the honorable Guests and the Visitors of the Embassy’s website. His Excellency Ambassador-designate Mustafa Osman Turan’s Message is the following lines.
The Embassy is working towards furthering the close relations between the two countries, which are based on the historical bonds between the peoples of Turkey and Bangladesh. Our primary goal is to strengthen our political, economic and cultural relations.
Relations between Turkish and Bengali nations have strong historical and cultural roots dating back before the foundation of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The Muslims of South Asia including the Bengalis had supported the Turkish War of Independence. The respect and admiration for Atatürk is reflected in the epic poem “Kamal Pasha”, written by Kazi Nazrul Islam, National Poet of Bangladesh, in 1921. This poem has been on the curriculum in Bangladesh schools. Besides, one major avenue in Dhaka and another one in Chattogram have been named as “Kemal Atatrrk Avenue”. Furthermore, a high school in Dagan Bhuiyan, in Feni and a Turkish language center in Dhaka Cantonment were named as “Atatürk Model High School” and “Mustafa Kemal Turkish Language Center”. In the same vein, the support of the Bengali people during the Turkish War of Independence is still remembered with gratitude by the Turkish people.
Turkish Airlines with its daily direct flights between Istanbul and Dhaka provides the opportunity to advance the economic, cultural and touristic exchanges with a view to further promoting the trade volume that is around one billion USD. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and Turkish Red Crescent offices in Dhaka are helping us to coordinate the development assistance in the fields such as health, education, and humanitarian aid for our Bangladeshi brothers and sisters.
E-mail address of Turkey embassy to Dhaka is: [email protected].
