Mustafa Osman Turan

Mustafa Osman Turan is a prominent Turkish diplomat and the head of international relations for Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. With a career that began in the Turkish Foreign Ministry in 1992, Turan has served in various diplomatic roles across the globe. He resigned from the diplomatic corps in 2013 due to disillusionment with the government and joined the Republican People's Party. Turan has recently been in the news due to his close association with İmamoğlu, who was arrested, and he has been actively defending the mayor's position and advocating for democratic values in Turkey amid increasing authoritarianism. His current work involves rallying international support and highlighting the government's oppressive tactics against dissenters.