Halil İbrahim Akça
{{Short description|Turkish diplomat}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = His Excellency
|name = Halil İbrahim Akça
|image = 03.02.2023 - Apresentação de cartas credenciais do Embaixador da Turquia no Brasil, Halil Ibrahim Akça (52667790130) (cropped).jpg
|office = Turkish Ambassador to Brazil
|term_start = 2022
|term_end =
|office2 = 11th Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
|term_start2 = 13 August 2015{{cite web |url=http://www.ecosecretariat.org/ftproot/Press_Rls/2015/Aug/18I.htm |title= ECO New Secretary General formally assumed his Duties |date=August 2015 |website=Economic Cooperation Organization |access-date=27 June 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626122259/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/ftproot/Press_Rls/2015/Aug/18I.htm |archive-date=2016-06-26 }}
|term_end2 = July 2018
|predecessor2 = Shamil Alaskerov
|successor2 = Hadi Soleimanpour
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}
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|death_date =
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|spouse =
|children = 3
|nationality = Turkish
|alma_mater = {{Ubl
| Istanbul Technical University
}}
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Halil İbrahim Akça is the Turkish ambassador to Brazil, and was the 11th Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
Education
Akça graduated with an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1988. In 1994 he received a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Delaware.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecosecretariat.org/Sg%20Statement/CV_Akca.htm |title= Curriculum Viate of Ambassador Halil İbrahim Akça |website=Economic Cooperation Organization |access-date=27 June 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806105518/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/Sg%20Statement/CV_Akca.htm |archive-date=2016-08-06 }} He has published several papers on government economic policy and planning based on Turkish data.{{cite web |url= http://web.worldbank.org/archive/website01503/WEB/0__C-331.HTM |title= Halil Ibrahim Akca |author= |date= |website= The World Bank |publisher= |access-date=27 June 2016 |quote=}}
Career
Akça held several positions within the Turkish government, including Under-Secretary of the State Planning Organization in 2009, and was a member of several Turkish government boards. He was the Turkish ambassador to Northern Cyprus from 2011 to 2015. Akça led the Economic Cooperation Organization as Secretary General from August 2015 through July 2018. In 2022{{cite web |title=T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Brazilya Büyükelçiliği - Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi |url=https://brezilya-be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography |website=brezilya-be.mfa.gov.tr |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=Turkish}} he was named the Turkish ambassador to Brazil.{{cite web |title=Turkey appoints Ambassador to Tel Aviv amid major reshuffle |url=https://yetkinreport.com/en/2022/10/06/turkey-appoints-ambassador-to-tel-aviv-amid-major-reshuffle/ |website=Yetkin Report |access-date=2 September 2024 |date=6 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Türkiye issues new ambassador appointments - Türkiye News |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-issues-new-ambassador-appointments-179778 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en |date=1 January 2023}}{{cite news |title=Brazilian delegation to visit Turkey over alleged religious indoctrination of indigenous children: report |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2023/07/06/brazilian-delegation-to-visit-turkey-over-alleged-religious-indoctrination-of-indigenous-children-report/ |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=Turkish Minute |date=6 July 2023}}
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