{"id":24735,"date":"2026-11-01T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/turkey-names-its-candidate-for-un-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:22:09","slug":"turkey-names-its-candidate-for-un-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/turkey-names-its-candidate-for-un-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Names Its Candidate for UN Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"A\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANKARA, October 2026 \u2014 Turkey has officially nominated former foreign minister Feridun Sinirlioglu to become the next United Nations secretary-general, setting up a likely clash with Greece on the Security Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish state media reported the nomination on Saturday 31 October. Feridun Sinirlioglu, 70, had previously floated his candidacy on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahmet Yildiz, Turkey\u2019s current representative to the UN, told Anadolu that the name went forward with backing from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the report.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Feridun Sinirlioglu<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinirlioglu served as Turkey\u2019s top diplomat for a few months in 2015, during an interim period between elections. He then served as Turkey\u2019s UN ambassador from 2016 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gct-readmore\">Read more: Turkish Opposition Accuses Erdogan of Losing Ground to Greece<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He now leads the Vienna-based <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe\">Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe<\/a> as its secretary-general. His three-year mandate runs to December 2027, but the top UN job starts on 1 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan has also long called for reform of the UN Security Council and has criticised the dominance of its five permanent members. Kathimerini noted that Sinirlioglu is likely to reflect that agenda.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Greece holds a seat at the table<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-member Security Council <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Secretary-General_selection\">chooses the next secretary-general<\/a>, and the five veto powers carry the most weight. The 193-member General Assembly must then give final approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greece sits on the council as one of its 10 elected members, and Kathimerini expects Athens to be an obstacle. Both countries have clashed at the Security Council in recent days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel, a close ally of the United States, could also push back, Kathimerini reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven other candidates are competing to replace Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, who has led the UN for almost 10 years. Under an informal regional rotation, a candidate from Latin America and the Caribbean could be selected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: KATHIMERINI<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--[googlesitekit-end-of-content]--><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gct-related\">\n<h2>Related coverage<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tAntonio Guterres, Athens, diplomacy, Erdogan, Feridun Sinirlioglu, Greece, Greece news, Greek news, greek news now, greek news on demand, greek news today, Greek-Turkish relations, OSCE, Turkey, UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council, United Nations\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/11\/01\/sinirlioglu-un-chief\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA, October 2026 \u2014 Turkey has officially nominated former foreign minister Feridun Sinirlioglu to become the next United Nations secretary-general, setting up a likely clash with Greece on the Security Council. Turkish state media reported the nomination on Saturday 31 October. Feridun Sinirlioglu, 70, had previously floated his candidacy on the sidelines of the UN &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Turkey Names Its Candidate for UN Chief\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/turkey-names-its-candidate-for-un-chief\/#more-24735\" aria-label=\"Read more about Turkey Names Its Candidate for UN Chief\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/featured-6.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}