❗️Turkiye nominates former foreign minister & ambassador to Israel for next UN secretary-general Turkiye has formally nominated former foreign minister and longtime UN ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu as its candidate for the next UN secretary-general, state-run media reported on Saturday. Sinirlioglu had signaled his intention to run on the sidelines of last month’s high-level UN General Assembly meeting in New York. He briefly served as Turkiye’s foreign minister in 2015 during an interim period between elections and represented the country as its UN ambassador from 2016 to 2023. Between 2002 and 2007, Sinirlioglu also served as Turkiye’s ambassador to Israel.