Retired Ambassador Mehmet Necati Utkan, who served as Türkiye's first ambassador to Qatar in 1980-1981, has died. The Turkish Embassy in Doha expressed its sorrow and offered condolences to his family and loved ones.

Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also issued a condolence message, noting that Utkan, born in Ankara in 1942, served at the ministry from 1965 to 2006 and represented Türkiye in Iraq, Japan and Italy.

His funeral will be held on October 8 after the afternoon prayer at the Gölbaşı Cemetery mosque in Ankara, where he will be buried.