Volkan Bozkır

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Volkan Bozkır (born November 22, 1950) is a Turkish diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs from November 2015 to May 2016, having previously served from August 2014 to August 2015. He concurrently served as the Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union during the same time. He has served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district since the 2011 general election.

Life and early career

Volkan Bozkır was born in Ankara, Turkey. He graduated from Faculty of Law at the Ankara University. He speaks fluent English and French.

Timeline of career

Function Office Year
Vice-consul General Consulate in Stuttgart,Germany 1975–1978
Second Secretary & First Secretary Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq 1978–1980
Chief of Section Bilateral Economic Department 1980–1982
First Secretary & Counselor Permanent Delegation to the OECD in Paris 1982–1986
Deputy Head of Department Multilateral Economic Affairs 1986–1987
Foreign Policy Advisor Prime Minister Turgut Özal's Office 1987–1989
Consul General New York, USA 1989–1992
Chief of Cabinet & Chief Foreign Policy Advisor President Turgut Özal & President Süleyman Demirel 1992–1996
Ambassador Bucharest, Romania 1996–2000
Deputy Secretary General for EU Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2000–2003
Deputy Under Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2003–2005
Ambassador Permanent Representative of Turkey to the European Union 2005–2009
Secretary General for EU Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2009–2011
Minister of EU Affairs Ministry of EU Affairs 2014–Present

Honours and medals

Ribbon bar Award or decoration Country Date Place Note Ref.
Star of Romania Ribbon.PNG Order of the Star of Romania  Romania 1999 Bucharest Order od Star is the highest civil decoration of Romania [1]
ITA OMRI 2001 GC BAR.svg Knight of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic  Italy 2 June 2014 Ankara Order of Merit is the highest ranking honour of the Republic of Italy [1]

Criticism

Bozkır caused controversy in 2014 when he reported during a press conference that Turkey would no longer participate in the Eurovision Song Contest after Conchita Wurst's victory in Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and made statements criticized as homophobic.[2][3] On September 5 the General Manager of TRT, İbrahim Şahin, officially announced that Turkey would not return to 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.[4] Bozkır's comments during the press conference included "Each time I look at the Austrian [Wurst] who won the Eurovision Song Contest, I say ‘Thankfully, we’re not participating in this contest anymore.'"[5] Despite Bozkır's statements, the state television channel later confirmed that Turkey would return for the 2016 contest.[6]

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