Mustafa Şükrü Elekdağ is a Turkish

Turkey

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 diplomat

Diplomat

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, academician

Academician

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 and politician

Politician

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He served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador of Turkey to Japan (1970–1974) and to the United States (1979–1989). He was also the Member of Parliament (2002–2011) from the Republican People's Party

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

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He was one of the prepotent foreign policy makers of Turkey in 1990s. In 1994, he wrote the 2½ War Strategy about Turkey's neighborhood relations and national security policy.

External links

• Şükrü Elekdağ "Bakış", official website
• Şükrü Elekdağ, Twitter account
• Profile at Grand National Assembly of Turkey