Ali Sait Ak

Turkish Foreign Ministry undergoes major reshuffle

Published by Hurriyet on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 15:13

A major reshuffle of some 40 ambassadors has gone into effect, with Öztürk Y?lmaz, the former Turkish consul general to Mosul who was taken hostage last year along with 48 others by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants for 101 days, appointed as ambassador to Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe.