Ambassador Barkın Kayaoğlu graduated from Boğaziçi University – Department ofPolitical Sciences and International Relations in 1998. The positions he has held since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998 are listed below:

1998-2000 Deputy Directorate General of NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs - Attaché

2000-2001 Military Service

2001-2002 Deputy Directorate General of NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs - Third Secretary

2002-2004 Turkish Embassy in Tashkent - Third Secretary

2004-2006 Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen - Third Secretary, Second Secretary

2006-2008 Deputy Directorate General of NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs - Second Secretary, First Secretary

2008-2011 Turkish Embassy in Sarajevo - First Secretary, Counselor (He served as an International Officer at the Office of the High Representative (OHR) by secondment)

2011-2011 Deputy Directorate General of Protocol - Head of Department

2011-2013 International Officer in the Private Office of the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

2013-2015 Deputy Directorate General of Bilateral Relations with North America – Head of Department

2015-2019Permanent Representation of Türkiye to NATO – Counselor, First Counselor, Deputy Permanent Representative

2019-2021 Deputy Directorate General of Protocol – Head of Department

2021-2023 Deputy Directorate General of Protocol – Deputy Director General, Minister-Counselor

2023-2026 Office of the Senior Advisor to the President for Foreign Affairs –Director of Presidency Protocol

2026 Turkish Embassy in Valletta – Ambassador

Ambassador Kayaoğlu speaks fluent English and French. He is married and has two children.