Derya Kanbay

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.

Turkey is set to appoint a new ambassador to Nicosia after a six month suspension, amid moves to resume reunification talks in Cyprus.

Derya Kanbay has been appointed as Turkey's Ambassador to Nicosia, sources told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Kanbay previously served as Turkey's ambassador to Baghdad.