page_title: Ismet Erikan
section_title: Paris (1998 - 2002)
hierarchical_section_title: Ismet Erikan / Diplomatic career / Paris (1998 - 2002)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Embassy of Turkey located at 2525 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building which housed the embassy from 1932&#8211;1999 now serves as the Turkish ambassador's residence. The Embassy of Turkey's 2009 property value is $36,887,090. Photo taken during the Washington, D.C. Wikipedia Meetup, pursuant toward a request for pictures of embassies in Washington.
context_page_description: Ismet Erikan is a Turkish diplomat, art enthusiast, serving the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1979. Ideologically a defender of soft power diplomacy through culture, and arts. Erikan debuted his career at the Ministry of foreign affairs of the republic of Turkey as an administrative officer in Ankara. Erikan was appointed in numerous foreign missions in Bulgaria, United States, France and Taiwan. In 2011, Erikan was posted to Taipei at the helms of the Turkish Trade Office as the Representative of Turkey. As a senior diplomat, utilizing vast international experience and professional contacts Erikan facilitated and increased trade and investment partnerships across Turkey and Taiwan. Currently Erikan is chief secretary to the deputy undersecretary to the directorate of eastern Asia affairs at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Ankara - Turkey.
  Erikan was born and raised in Edirne - Turkey, and attended Gazi University. He met Rezzan Gulluoglu in Ankara and married her in 1981.
context_section_description: Arriving to France in 1998, Erikan was appointed to the permanent delegation of Turkey to the OECD. With the aim of promoting policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world, Erikan's role was to support the delegation as an expert. In 2002, Erikan returned home to Ankara and was appointed to the residence of the minister of foreign affairs as the residence director. Throughout his tenure at the residence, Erikan served under minister Ismail Cem, minister Sukru Sina Gurel and former President of Turkey Abdullah Gul.
caption: Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C
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