Esra Demir

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. 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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