Atilla Ethem ZEYBEK
Biography
Atilla Ethem Zeybek, born in Bonn, Germany, in 1986, graduated from Çankaya Anadolu High School (Ankara) after completing part of his primary, secondary and high school education in Bonn and Berlin. In 2003, he was awarded the German Language Diploma (Sprachdiplom) by the German Embassy in Ankara, having ranked first in his school and second in Ankara.
Zeybek graduated from the Faculty of Law at Gazi University in 2008 and studied at the (Private) Berlin Conservatoire of Turkish Music between 2014 and 2017.
In 2009, he completed his legal traineeship in Ankara and, in the same year, began his professional career as an Assistant Specialist at the Directorate General of International Relations and Services for Overseas Workers (YIH). In 2013, he was awarded the title of YIH Specialist following his dissertation titled ‘Social Protection within the G-20 Platform and Recommendations for Expanding the Range of Social Protection in Türkiye’.
Between 2013 and 2017, he served as Labour and Social Security Attaché at the Consulate General in Berlin. Following the conclusion of his post as Attaché in June 2017, he began working at the Directorate General for Foreign Relations and European Union.
Between 2019 and 2020, he worked as a programme consultant on 20 episodes of the programme titled ‘Ne Yapmalı’ (What shall be done?) on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), which addressed the issues faced by our citizens living abroad.
During his term of office, he participated in various international meetings on behalf of our country and the Ministry at multilateral platforms such as the Council of Europe (CoE), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the G20, and contributed to the implementation of the Ministry’s Strategic Plan, Budget, Action Plans and legislative work. He has carried out active work on services provided to our citizens living abroad, public and diaspora diplomacy, our Ministry’s bilateral relations with Germany, and vocational training and development.
As of September 2026, he has been assigned as Acting Director of the Department of Services for Citizens Abroad.
Atilla Ethem Zeybek, who speaks German fluently and has a good command of English, is married and has two children.