Aylin Taşhan

Aylin Taşhan (* 1960 in Ankara ) is a Turkish ambassador .

Life

After graduating from TED Ankara College Foundation Schools in 1977 , Taşhan studied political science and administrative science at the Technical University of the Middle East in 1983 . In 1985 she received her Masters in Advanced International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and then entered the foreign service in Ankara . There she worked in the research department from 1989 to 1990. From 1990 to 1993 Taşhan was then vice consultant at the consulate in Aleppo , from 1993 to 1995 second class legation secretary in the North America department and from 1995 to 1999 second class legation secretary in Vienna . From 1999 to 2001 she headed the Western Europe Department and then from 2001 to 2005 was Counselor in Oslo . In 2010 she took over the role of master of ceremonies . On March 15, 2011, she opened an embassy in Maputo , the capital of Mozambique , which she has led as ambassador ever since.

predecessor	Office	successor
Tanju Sumer	Head of Protocol in the Turkish Foreign Office in 2010	Sanivar Olgun
	Turkish ambassador in Maputo since March 15, 2011