1985 B.A. Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University
1989 – 1990 Attaché, Personnel Department, MFA
1990 – 1991 Attaché, Deputy Directorate General for Information and Research, MFA
1991 – 1993 Attaché and Third Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Kuwait / Kuwait
1993 – 1997 Vice-Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in Münster / Germany
1997 – 1998 Second Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Expatriates, MFA
1998 – 1998 Second Secretary, Deputy Directorate General for Bilateral Cultural Affairs, MFA
1998 – 2002 Vice-Consul and Consul at the Turkish Consulate General in New York / U.S.A.
2002 – 2005 Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Turkish Embassy in Teheran / Iran
2005 – 2007 Head of Department, Deputy Directorate General for Middle East, MFA
2007 – 2009 Consul General, Turkish Consulate General in Vienna / Austria
2009 – 2012 Minister-Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Middle East, MFA
2012 – 2016 Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
2016 – 2016 Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (North Africa & Middle East), MFA
2016 – 2018 Deputy Undersecretary for the North Africa & Middle East and South Asia Affairs, MFA
2018 – 2023 Deputy Minister, MFA
2023-April 24,2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Turkish Mission to the United Nations
April 24,2024 Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States of America
Ambassador Önal speaks English.
November 21, 2024 at the The Hay-Adams Hotel