Ambassador Prof.Dr. Hamit Ersoy

Place&Date of Birth: 1964

Civil Status: Married with 2 sons

Languages Spoken: English, Arabic (intermediate), French (basic), Persian (basic)

Education: BA: 1984-1988, University of Ankara, Faculty of Political Sciences, International Relations Department

PhD: 1990-1994, University of Durham, UK, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

1994-2004: Lecturer at Kırıkkale University andAtılım University

2004-2007: General Coordinator of Socrates/Life Long Education Programs at the EU Education and Youth Programs Department at the Office of the Prime Minister

2007-2011: Head of International Relations Department at the Radio and Television Supreme Council

2008-2019: Founding Secretary General of the Black Sea Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum (BRAF)

2009-2019: Radio and Television Supreme Council Permanent EU Contact Point

2010-2014: Member of the UNESCO Committee on Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the UNESCO National Commission of Turkey

2011-2019: Member of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK)

2011-2019: Founding Director General of Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC - IBRAF)

2014-2021: Lecturer at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara Social Sciences University andIstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

2021- : Ambassador of Turkey to Brunei Darussalam