- Today Monika Schmutz Kirgöz is the Swiss Consul General in Istanbul; when she was born, Swiss women couldn’t even vote. Switzerland’s path towards gender equality in the past four decades has been rapid,she travelling that path along with her country

Monika Schmutz Kırgöz
Consul General of Switzerland İst.
Monika Schmutz Kirgöz is the Consul General of Switzerland in Istanbul. Kirgöz began working in diplomatic service in 1996, and has since worked in Rome, Ankara, and Israel.