Mustafa Ozkaya has been appointed director UK and Ireland of the Turkish Tourism Board, and will be based out of the Turkish Office of Culture and Information in London.
He will be responsible for leading all tourism promotion activities for Turkey in the UK and Ireland, including industry engagement, marketing and communications, and governmental liaison.
Ozkaya brings a media background to his new role, joining the tourist board following spells with Al Jazeera and Turkish news agency Anadolu, where he was deputy director general.