Ambassador R. Demet Şekercioğlu was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1969. She graduated from the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University.

She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye in 1995, beginning her diplomatic career at the Directorate General for Consular Affairs. She subsequently served at the Embassy of Türkiye in Rabat, Morocco, and the Consulate General of Türkiye in Lyon, France.

In the following years, Ambassador Şekercioğlu also held various positions at the Ministry’s departments responsible for European and South Asian affairs and served at the Embassies of Türkiye in Brussels, Kuwait and Islamabad.

Having served as Deputy Director General for South Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from November 2016 to December 2019, she was subsequently appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Ambassador Şekercioğlu assumed her duties in Colombo in January 2020 and completed her tenure in May 2024.

Following her return to Ankara in May 2024, Ambassador Şekercioğlu undertook a number of high-level coordination responsibilities. She served as Coordinating Ambassador for the Ambassadors Conference in December 2024 and December 2025, Task Force Coordinator for the Informal Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in May 2025, and Co-Coordinator of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in April 2026.

Ambassador Şekercioğlu was appointed Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Amsterdam as of 15 September 2026.

Ambassador Şekercioğlu speaks French and English. She is married to a retired Turkish diplomat and has one daughter.