Former Ambassador and former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Istanbul
Özdem Sanberk is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Istanbul University. As career diplomat he served in several posts, mostly in Europe. He was the Turkish Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels between 1987-1991. From 1991 to 1995 he was Permanent Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara. From 1995 to 2000 Mr. Sanberk served as the Turkish Ambassador to London. Following his retirement in 2000 he was Director of TESEV in İstanbul until September 2003. He is the author of several articles on foreign policy and commentator and broadcaster in written and audiovisual press.