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Jennifer Anderson has been appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Anderson will succeed Jill Morris in the role and will take up the appointment in August 2026.
Anderson is an experienced diplomat who has previously served in Turkey. She was Deputy Head of Mission in Ankara from 2017 to 2020, after completing pre-post training which included Turkish language training.
Her appointment comes after a career including senior work on consular affairs, crisis response, counter-terrorism, security policy and European political and military issues. From 2020 to 2024, she served as Director for Consular and Crisis at the FCDO.
Anderson also served as the UK’s High Commissioner in Gaborone and as UK Representative to the Southern African Development Community between 2010 and 2013. Her earlier overseas postings included Jakarta and Brussels, where she worked at the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union.
The ambassadorial role in Ankara is one of the UK’s significant diplomatic postings, covering relations with a NATO ally and a country central to regional security, migration, trade and wider foreign policy issues.
The FCDO said Anderson’s appointment had been made in succession to Morris, who has served as ambassador to Turkey since 2023.