Background
Özkan, Hikmet was born on April 10, 1924 in Mersin, Turkey. Son of Sakir and Fatma Özkan.
Özkan, Hikmet was born on April 10, 1924 in Mersin, Turkey. Son of Sakir and Fatma Özkan.
Licence, Faculty Political Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, 1947.
3d secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, 1948-1951, head section, 1957-1959, director general, 1971-1975, deputy undersecretary, 1981-1984. Consul Consulate General Turkey, Tabriz, Iran, 1951-1957. Counsellor Embassy of Turkey, Athens, Greece, 1959-1964.
Consul general Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1966-1971. Ambassador to Libya, Tripoli, 1975-1978, Yugoslavia, Belgrade, 1978-1981, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, since 1984.
Married Yasemin Özkan, April 4, 1985.