New Turkish ambassador to Iraq

Turkey has appointed Muhammad Akat as its ambassador in Iraq and the new ambassador will resume his missions next week, therefore Turkey raises the level of its diplomatic representation in Iraq.

An officials at the Turkish foreign ministry said on Friday that the new ambassador Akat who in the past had the post of the first consul at the Turkish embassy in London and is also specialized in the Iraqi file will head for Baghdad by the end of next week to replace the Turkish charge de affairs Salim Qurra Othman Oglo who has been occupying this post in Baghdad since several years.