Education
Ankara University; Saint Joseph High School.
Ankara University; Saint Joseph High School.
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 (Turkish: Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) from 1992 to 1998, and subsequently Turkey"s Ambassador to France (1998 - 2002). Köksal was the first civilian head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, breaking the tradition of appointing generals.