 He became the youngest ambassador in the history of the Republic of Turkey when he was given that title in 1989 when he was thirty-nine years old.He was the Turkish ambassador in Amman, Jordan between November 29, 1991 and July 31, 1995, and in Sofia, Bulgaria between July 31, 1995 and November 3, 1997.After his ambassadorship to Sofia terminated, he served as the assistant Director in the Bilateral Political Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until January 11, 1999.