OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu Completed First Official Visits

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: January 29, 2025; 21:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

Türkiye's top diplomat, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu, has been appointed the new Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). He will take office at the beginning of 2025 and will lead the world's largest regional security organization during a time of global crises and geopolitical tensions. The unanimous election of the 57 OSCE member states underlines the international trust in his many years of experience and diplomatic expertise.

Sinirlioğlu and Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine and OSCE institutional challenges, emphasizing Austria's responsibility as host state and resource provision. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Michael Gruber / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Feridun Sinirlioğlu, born in 1956 in Görele, Turkey, has an impressive career in international relations and diplomacy. After studying political science at Ankara University, he completed his doctorate at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. His professional career has taken him to central diplomatic posts: from 2009 to 2016, he worked as State Secretary in the Turkish Foreign Ministry,…