Ambassador (R) Mehmet Fatih CEYLAN

Ambassador (R) Ceylan was born in Bursa in 1957 and is the President of the Ankara Policy Center (APM), a well-reputed think tank located in Ankara.

He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Ankara in 1979.

He pursued postgraduate studies at Rutgers and Princeton Universities in the U.S. and earned his master’s degree in international relations in 1982.

Ambassador Ceylan joined the Turkish Foreign Ministry in 1979 and served in Turkish posts and missions in Islamabad, Deventer, NATO (Brussels), and the EU.

He was appointed as Ambassador to Khartoum and to the Turkish Delegation to NATO.

His last appointment in Ankara was as Deputy Undersecretary in charge of bilateral affairs.

He received state honors from Sudan and Kazakhstan for his contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between Türkiye and these countries.

Ambassador Ceylan is a prolific writer on various aspects of Turkish foreign and security policies, with a particular focus on NATO and European security.

He retired from the Ministry in February 2019.