Öztürk Yılmaz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Öztürk Yılmaz

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1969

Place of Birth: Ardahan, Turkey

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Öztürk Yilmaz (born 1970) is a former Turkish diplomat and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ardahan since the November 2015 general election.
Having served as the Turkish embassy secretary to Kyrgyzstan and Brazil, he was appointed as the Consul General of Turkey to Mosul in 2013.
He was taken hostage in June 2014 and held for 101 days along with 48 other diplomats after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants took over the city, being released under undisclosed circumstances by the Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) on 20 September 2014.