# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonmez-koksal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:14:21.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonmez-koksal"
name: "Sönmez Köksal"
slug: "sonmez-koksal"
description: "Sönmez Köksal is a career Turkish civil servant. 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 from 1992 to 1998, and subsequently Turkey's Ambassador to France (1998–2002). Köksal was the first civilian head of the MIT, breaking the tradition of appointing generals."
tagline: "Turkish diplomat (born 1940)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.194826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "سونميز كوكسال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6nmez_K%C3%B6ksal"
    title: "Sönmez Köksal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6nmez_K%C3%B6ksal"
    title: "Sönmez Köksal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6074047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations