Born in Adana in 1973, Consul General Ambassador Çağrı Sakar graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, in 1996.

Joining the Foreign Service in 1996, Consul General Sakar held various positions within the Ministry’s headquarters at the Deputy Directorate General for North America and the Deputy Directorate General for the Middle East, as well as serving as Political Advisor in the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defence.

Abroad, he served as Third Secretary in Doha and Pretoria, Vice Consul in Jerusalem, First Secretary and Counsellor in Prague, and First Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation to NATO.

Sakar was appointed as the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Pristina in 2019. Upon completion of his term, he was assigned as the Representative of the Ministry in Gaziantep in 2023.

Fluent in English and French, Consul General Çağrı Sakar has assumed his duty as the Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Houston as of October 1, 2026.