İsmail Çobanoğlu

Ambassador

He was born in Diyarbakır in 1971. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations in 1993. He completed his master's degree in the field of "International Business and Economic Development" at the University of Reading in England in 1994, and then in the field of "International Relations" at Carleton University in Canada in 1997. During this period, he also completed the "International Relations" graduate diploma program at Johns Hopkins University in Italy.

He started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998. He served in various positions at the Turkish Embassy in Minsk (2000-2002), Permanent Representation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (2002-2005), Permanent Representation to the United Nations (UN) (2007-2011) and the Turkish Embassy in Washington (2013-2017).

He served as Head of Department at the Deputy Directorate General for Iraq between 2011-2013 and at the Deputy Directorate General for Middle East between 2017-2018. He was the Deputy Director General for Middle East between 2019-2022.

In the period of September 2022-June 2024, İsmail Çobanoğlu served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Khartoum, and then he started his duty as the Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Jerusalem on 20 June 2024.

Ambassador Çobanoğlu is married and has one child.