Zelenskyy appoints Nariman Dzhelal as Ukraine’s ambassador to Türkiye
Photo: Nariman Dzhelal (qtmm.org)
Nariman Dzhelal has become the new ambassador of Ukraine to Türkiye. The appointment was approved by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the decree No. 305/2025 of the head of the Ukrainian state.
"Appoint Dzhelalov Nariman Enverovych as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Türkiye," the decree states.
Who is Nariman Dzhelal
Nariman Dzhelal is a Crimean Tatar politician, journalist, and human rights activist. He was born on April 27, 1980, in the city of Navoi, Uzbekistan. In 1989, he returned to Crimea with his family.
He graduated from Odessa National University with a degree in Political Science. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Avdet, as a host on the ATR TV channel, and taught history and law at the Simferopol International School.
In 2013, he became the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people.
After Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, he stayed on the peninsula, actively defending the rights of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians, documenting human rights violations, and attending court hearings in politically motivated cases.
In September 2021, after participating in the Crimean Platform summit, he was detained by Russian security forces on charges of sabotage. In 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a maximum-security penal colony.
In June 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange and returned to Ukraine.
