Turkey’s visibility in multilateral diplomacy, with posts at international organizations, is likely to further grow with Ambassador Ersin Ercin seeking to become the next Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Ambassador Ercin, currently representing Turkey in Brazil, is also President Abdullah Gul’s special envoy for European security. Ercin has already secured support from a considerable number of the 56-member security organization for replacing the outgoing secretary-general, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut of France. Gul will support Ercin’s bid during the 2010 OSCE Summit of Heads of State or Government which will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan on December 1-2, Today’s Zaman reported.