Hakkı Emre Yunt

Hakkı Emre Yunt (born 5 Mai 1962, Ankara) is a Turkish diplomat and the current Turkish ambassador to Sweden.

Education He studied in the Department of Public Administration of the Middle East Technical University from where he graduated in 1985. Following he absolved his military service between July 1986 and March 1987. In 2017 he became the Turkish ambassador to Sweden.

As in May 2022 Sweden applied to become a member of NATO and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced opposition to the aim due to terrorists being represented in the Swedish Parliament, Yunt demanded the extradition of the Swedish MP Amineh Kakabaveh to Turkey. Kakabaveh responded that not she should be extradited to Turkey but the ambassador should be sent back to Turkey. Later, Yunt said the extradition was a misunderstanding as Turkey didn't make such a request.

Award 2013, Sash of Merit from Qatar