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Vol. 1, No. 7 - April 15, 2002
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Turkish Ambassador
to Close IA/ES Lecture Series The lecture, titled “Turkish Foreign Policy: Perspectives from Ankara, Brussels, and New York,” will begin at 8 p.m. in Davis Auditorium of Palamountain Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. The talk is the final event this year in a lecture series coordinated by the International Affairs and Environmental Studies programs, and supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. An Istanbul native and graduate of Ankara University, Pamir has been a career diplomat in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1965. He has been Turkish ambassador to Greece, Algeria, and the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal. In addition, he served as senior diplomatic advisor to the Turkish prime minister and chief of cabinet to the Turkish president, and held leadership positions in the Middle East and Africa Department and in policy planning at the Turkish Foreign Ministry. He also served in the Turkish embassies in London and in Budapest. In August 2000, Pamir was named ambassador and permanent representative of the Turkish mission to the United Nations, where he most recently spoke in favor of a coordinated effort to combat international terrorism during a week-long United Nations debate on terrorism, held last October.
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