Esra Demir is a Turkish diplomat who serves as Ambassador to Canada.[1] Demir, 59, served as Ambassador to Togo from April 2021 until April 2023,[2][3] and to the Ivory Coast from 2014 to 2018.[4]

Career

Demir was Turkey's first ambassador to Togo.[5]

In an interview with the state-run Anadolu News Agency she “admitted that the embassy closely followed businessmen critical of Erdoğan, and said they had filed complaints against them in cooperation with the local authorities.”[4]

References

  1. ↑ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı Embassy in Ottawa". ottava.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Esra Demir ends mission as Turkish Ambassador to Togo". AfrikPqge. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Böke, Selçuk (September 7, 2022). "Female diplomats run Türkiye's relations with Africa: Envoy". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 Kenez, Levent (December 18, 2021). "Turkish Embassy in Ivory Coast spied on Erdoğan critics". Nordic Monitor. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "In Togo, Turkey launches a little more assault on Africa". The Journal of Africa. April 11, 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2023.


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