Graduated from the University of Marmara, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations, Ambassador Soysal holds two master’s degrees from the College of Europe and Ecole Nationale d’Administration ENA. He joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March 1983. He worked as the Chief of Cabinet (1997-99) and Special Advisor to Foreign Minister Ismail CEM (2001-02) and Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East, South Asia, and Policy Planning (2009-10). He served abroad respectively at the Turkish Embassy in Tehran, the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Türkiye to the European Communities, the Turkish Embassy in Paris, and the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Türkiye to the UN. Having served at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C. as Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission between 2003-2007, he was appointed to Islamabad as Ambassador in 2007. Ambassador Soysal was appointed as Special Envoy of the U.N. Secretary General for Assistance to Pakistan on 27 September 2010. Assisting the Government of Pakistan in response to the extraordinary situation created by the 2010 monsoon floods was among his main tasks. He also acted as the Special Advisor for the Group of Friends of Democratic Pakistan. He was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Türkiye to the Council of Europe in October 2011. On July 1, 2014, Ambassador SOYSAL returned to Ankara and was appointed as the Undersecretary of the Ministry for EU Affairs. From 2016 to 2021 Ambassador Soysal served as Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the OSCE. Ambassador Soysal served as a member of the Foreign Policy Consultative Council before his retirement in August 2023. Throughout his career, he participated as a speaker or panelist in various conferences and seminars in Turkey and abroad, particularly on the European Project.