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Umit Yardim

Umit Yardim

Deputy Chairman for International Relations, Gelecek Party, Turkey

27 April 1961, Balıkesir   (Hometown; Denizli) Education; Primary School; Eskisehir  (1972) Eskişehir Anadolu High School (1979) BA İstanbul Boğaziçi University. Faculty of Admins.Sciences.Political Science/ International Relations Dept.(1984) MA Ankara Gazi University.  International Relations Department. Thesis;  “Status of Jerusalem and UN” (1988) Hon.PhD. Azerbaijan Academy of Fine Arts. For “Ottoman-Turkish Architectural Heritage in Greece” (1999) Work Experience  / Positions at the  Foreign Ministry  (1985-2019) I-III.Secretary, Counsellor in Turkish Embassies. Pakistan, USSR/ Russia, Portugal, Greece, Azerbaijan, Portugal (1985-2004) Consul General, Gumulcine / Komotini, Greece; 2004-2006  Consul General (Temporary) Musul, Iraq, 2007 Consul General,Stuttgart, Germany, 2008-2010 Head of Dept./  Deputy Director General for Eurasian Affairs at  MFA Ankara Ambassador, Tehran, IR Iran. April 2010- September 2014. Ambassador, Moscow, Russia. October 2014-November 2016. Deputy Under Secretary for Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Culture at the Ministry of Foreign affairs 2016-2018. Ambassador, Vienna, Austria. January-December, 2019. Retired. December, 2019.  Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs, Gelecek Partisi / Future Party. December-2019.   Marital Status Married to Ms.Nurtop Yardım.  Have 2 children; Ali Batuhan and Ayşe Naz.  Published Works *Three countries Three Capitals; Memoires of an Ambassador in Iran, Russia and Austria (2010-2019) *Translations of Two Books on Islamic Culture and Art. (Tevhid and Art of Music According to Islam by I.Faruqi and L.Faruqi) *Photo Catalogue on “Ottoman-Turkish Architectural Heritage in Greece”  *Photo Exhibitions in Various Cities of Turkey. Articles Writer for Enpolitik; Since March 2020.