Career
As the TRNC is not recognized as sovereign, his title was officially that of Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community in Washington District of Columbia. Mr. Ertuğ served as the Representative of the TRNC in New York (de facto Chief of Mission to the United Nations) before taking up his Washington District of Columbia posting. He is regarded by the TRNC Foreign Ministry as a very capable diplomat.
Mr.
Ertuğ is one of the framers of the TRNC"s Unilateral Declaration of Independence.