Sönmez Köksal

{{Short description|Turkish civil servant (born 1940)}}

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|office = Chief of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey

|term_start = 9 November 1992

|term_end = 11 February 1998

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|predecessor = Teoman Koman

|successor = Şenkal Atasagun

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|alma_mater = Ankara University

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Sönmez Köksal (born 8 March 1940) is a career Turkish civil servant. He served in a variety of positions largely in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in international organisations representing Turkey, and was Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq (1986–1990). He was head of the National Intelligence Organization ({{langx|tr|Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı}}, MİT) from 1992 to 1998, and subsequently Turkey's Ambassador to France (1998–2002).mit.gov.tr, [http://www.mit.gov.tr/english/must-biyog2.html UNDERSECRETARIES OF THE MIT BIOGRAPHIES: Sönmez KÖKSAL ]kimkimdir.gen.tr, [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=3633 Sönmez Köksal (1940 - .... )] Köksal was the first civilian head of the MIT, breaking the tradition of appointing generals.Lale Kemal, Today's Zaman, 8 April 2010, [http://todayszaman.com/columnistDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=206772 Turkey searches for new intelligence chief]