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Turkey appoints woman ambassador to Sweden

(Actuel - 14/08/2009)

Turkey appointed a woman ambassador to Stockholm, Sweden.

Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Zergun Korutürk was appointed as the new ambassador after Turkey's Ambassador to Stockholm Necip Ergüz's term in office has expired.

Zergun Korutürk is the wife of Selah Korutürk, the son of Turkey's 6th President Fahri Korutürk.

Zergun Korutürk will be the second woman ambassador who took office in Stockholm after Solmaz Ünaydın.

Ünaydın worked as Turkey's Ambassador in Stockholm in 1992.

14 August 2009, Friday

THE ANATOLIA NEWS AGENCY  STOCKHOLM