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THE DIPLOMAT TURKEY WILL NEED
The Third Desk Sep 17, 2026

THE DIPLOMAT TURKEY WILL NEED

“In an age when artificial intelligence does data analysis,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan asked assembled ambassadors at the 2025 Ambassadors Conference in December, “is there still such a need for the classical diplomat and for classical diplomacy?”

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