December 4,
2002
Ambassador
O. Faruk Logoglu,
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of
Turkey
Dr.
Osman Faruk Loğoğlu, was appointed Ambassador of
Turkey to the United States in 2001. He has held
numerous posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
most recently as Undersecretary, 2000-2001, Deputy
Undersecretary of Political Affairs, 1998-2000, and
Deputy Director General at the Department of Bilateral
Political Affairs in Greece, 1989-1993. He has also
been an ambassador on two previous occasions: to
Denmark from 1993 to 1996 and to Azerbaijan from 1996
to 1998. In addition, Ambassador Loğoğlu has served as
the Consul General at the Turkish Consulate General in
Hamburg, Germany, 1986-1989, and Counselor to the
Turkish Permanent Delegation at the United Nations in
New York, 1980-1984. He earned his masters degree from
Brandies University in 1963 and his doctorate in
political development and leadership from Princeton
University in 1969. Ambassador Loğoğlu, who is fluent
in English and French, has also lectured at Middlebury
College, in Vermont, and has published a book about
the creation of the modern Turkish State in 1969.
