Ihsan ÖVÜT
Mr. Ihsan ÖVÜT was born in Malatya/Turkey in
1966 and completed primary, secondary and high school
education in Malatya. He entered to Department of
International Relations of Faculty of Political Sciences
of Ankara University in 1985. He graduated from this
department in 1989 and then started to work at the
Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) at Directorate of
Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements in 26 August 1991.
He was appointed as the Director of Agreement on Foreign
Relations in 24 January 2000. He has worked as director
of several Directorates in the fields of international
relation of TSE between the years 2000- 2011. Upon his
appointment as Head of Training Department of TSE, he
has worked in this department between the years
2012-2014. Currently he is working as the Secretary
General of the Standards and Metrology Institute for
Islamic Countries (SMIIC) as of 15 December 2014. He had
a wide experience at international relations and carried
almost all activities in terms of international
relations during his term of office in TSE. He organized
many regional/international meetings, drafted
cooperation agreements, accompanied overseas official
visits, made presentations, and participated as expert
in the committees of International Organization for
Standardization (ISO). Most specifically, he leaded in
the preparation process of the SMIIC Statute under the
Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) as well as the
development of OIC/SMIIC Standards and also leaded
several projects in ECO Region and in Euro-Asia
Region.
