Presentation of Credentials

The following foreign Head of Mission presented his credentials to President Halimah Yacob in a ceremony via videoconference, conducted at the Istana and the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey.

1.           The Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey

His Excellency Mehmet Burçin Gönenli

His bio summary is attached.   

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE 

25 May 2021

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MEHMET BURÇİN GÖNENLİ
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Mr Mehmet Burçin Gönenli, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Singapore, is a career diplomat with 25 years of experience in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. 

He joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He served at the Turkish Embassies in Poland, Azerbaijan and Italy between 1999 and 2004. While in Italy, Mr Gönenli also attended the NATO Defence College in Rome, before returning as First Secretary in the Deputy Directorate General for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between September 2005 and October 2009, he served at the Permanent Mission of Turkey to NATO in Brussels. 

Mr Gönenli was assigned as the Head of Department for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Deputy Directorate General for South Asia of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (October 2009 – September 2011). Between September 2011 and September 2015 Mr Gönenli was once again posted to the Turkish Permanent Mission at NATO as Defence Counsellor. 

Mr Gönenli returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara in September 2015 as the Head of Department for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Affairs. In December 2017, he was designated as the Deputy Director General, until his appointment as the Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore in April 2021. 

Mr Gönenli holds a Bachelor’s of Science in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University. He is married to Anetta Afekt. They have a daughter and a son. 

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information] 

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

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