Monday, 12 February 2024, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: Premier Dr. Reiner Haseloff received the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye, HE Ahmet Başar Şen, for his inaugural visit to Magdeburg.
The studied political scientist Ahmet Başar Şen joined his country’s diplomatic service in 1996. His first posting abroad was at the embassy in Berlin from 2001 to 2003, before he moved to the representation in Minsk. From 2006 to 2010 he worked at the New York Consulate General. In 2016 he became ambassador to Uzbekistan. He has been ambassador in Berlin since September 2021. Şen is married and has two children. He was accredited in Germany on 1 September 2021 after a ceremony before Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The good cooperation between Saxony-Anhalt and Turkey in various areas was, among other things, a topic in the exchange between Saxony-Anhalt’s Premier Haseloff and Ambassador Şen. The mutual interest in further intensifying bilateral relations was also discussed, for example with regard to possible investments by Turkish companies in Saxony-Anhalt or with regard to deepening scientific cooperation in the university sector.
For further information
Government of Saxony-Anhalt: https://europa.sachsen-anhalt.de/internationales/aktuelle-meldungen/aktuelle-meldungen/tuerkischer-botschafter-zu-antrittsbesuch-in-sachsen-anhalt
