Ambassador Koray Targay of Turkey was appointed Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, effective from 15 August 2011, succeeding Ambassador Bilge Cankorel of Turkey.
Born in 1947, in Trabzon, Turkey, Ambassador Targay completed his university education at the University of Ankara with a B.A. in Political Science, and at the McGill University in Canada with an LLM.
After joining the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973, Ambassador Targay worked in economic affairs, political affairs, press and public information, civil aviation and consular affairs at various Turkish diplomatic postings in Switzerland, Syria, Canada, Germany, Greece, Malaysia and the Czech Republic.
From 1994 to 1996, Targay served as Turkish Consul General in Thessaloniki, Greece. From 1999 to 2004, he served as the Turkish Ambassador to Malaysia. From 2004 to 2007, he was the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s Co-ordinator for Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. From February 2007 to May 2011, Ambassador Targay served as the Turkish Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
Ambassador Targay is married with one son.