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2 LondraGazete.com/English Londra Gazete, 13 October 2022

Ertaş appointed as Turkey's

Ambassador to London

OSMAN Koray Ertaş, the spe- private office. dent with the title of Ambassador
cial adviser to the Turkish For- Between 2008-2011, he was the between 2011 and 2014.
eign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, undersecretary of the Washing- He served as the Bucharest Em-
has been appointed as Turkey's ton Embassy. He was appointed bassy of the Republic of Turkey
Ambassador to London. as the Deputy Director General from 2014 to 2018. As of 2019,
Ertaş will be taking over from of Information at the Ministry of he is the special adviser to the
Ümit Yalçın had previously stated Foreign Affairs in 2011, became a Minister of Foreign Affairs Mev-
that he would retire following the member of the Foreign Policy Ad- lüt Çavuşoğlu. He was also ap-
Fundraises start for Little end of his term as Turkey's Am- visory Board in 2012, and served pointed as a member of the For-
bassador to London.
as the Chief of Staff of the Presi-
eign Policy Advisory Board.
Ertas graduated from Ankara
Ela's dreams University, Faculty of Political
Sciences, Department of Inter-
ELA Pilot Özüncü was diagnosed warrior Ela. national Relations in 1996, going
with thalassemia major and has been In a statements made by Ela's fam- on to he’s master's degree in "Eu-
undergoing treatment (chemo, Bone ily to Londra Gazete they said: “We ropean Studies" at the University
marrow transplant) at St Marys Hos- would like to thank everyone who of Sussex in 1997. He is currently
pital over 2 months. supported Ela on this journey. We continuing his doctoral studies
Little Ela, of Turkish Cypriot ori- wish Ela a speedy recovery. on the Muslim Turkish Minority
gin, born in London, is currently try- This has been tough for all of us of Bulgaria in the field of Con-
ing to recover at home under close because we can't wait to see Ela at flict Analysis and Resolutions at
supervision and constant monitorin. her best. We are extremely grateful George Mason University.
Ela had always dreamed of owning for the continued support we receive Ertas joined the Ministry of
a puppy and a special trip with her from our family and friends. Realiz- Foreign Affairs in 1997. They
family. To support Ela's dreams, a ing Ela's dreams will be an extraordi- held various positions, becoming
charity campaign was started by her nary source of morale for her." the became ministry of foreign
close family via GoFundMe. To follow and support the fund- deputy chief of staff in 2005-
So far nearly £4,000 has been do- raiser you can visit the www.gofund- 2007, and in 2007-2008, this
nated so far for the campaign organ- me.com/f/ela-smile-again-x?mem- time he assumed the role of dep-
ized for morale purposes for the little ber=22316677&sharetype=teams. uty director of the presidential Osman Koray Ertaş