Guest of Honor and Speaker’s Profile

Name: Esra Cankorur

Education: Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations, Ankara University

Foreign Languages: English, Italian (Average), French (Average)

Professional Background

1989 – 1990 Candidate Career Officer at the Directorate of Human Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1990 – 1992 Attaché at the Department of Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and the Gulf Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1992 – 1995 Third Secretary Turkish Embassy in Helsinki

1995 – 1997 Third Secretary, Second Secretary Turkish Embassy in Manila

1997 – 1998 Second Secretary Deputy Undersecretariat for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998 – 1999 First Secretary Office of the Chief Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999 – 2000 First Secretary NATO Defence College, Rome

2000 – 2003 First Secretary, Counsellor Turkish Embassy in Rome

2003 – 2005 Head of Section Directorate-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005 – 2009 First Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Delegate Permanent Delegation of Turkey to UNESCO

2009 – 2011 Head of Department, Acting Deputy Director-General Directorate-General for East Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2011 – 2013 Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director-General Directorate-General for East Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

8 April 2014 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Manila

“Her Excellency Ambassador Esra Cankorur is a career diplomat with 29 years of service at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to her posting as Ambassador to the Philippines, she was Deputy Director-General for East Asia and the Pacific region. Ambassador Cankorur is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University and formerly served at the Turkish Missions in Paris, Rome, Helsinki and Manila.”