Consul General Reyhan Özgür was born in Kırcaali in 1978. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, in 2003.

Consul General Özgür joined the Foreign Service in 2004. At the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, he served as the Head of Department at Deputy Directorate General for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Affairs (2018-2019), and as a Chief of Cabinet to the Deputy Foreign Minister (2019-2020).

He also served as Third Secretary in Turkish Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq between 2007-2009; Second Secretary & Counsellor at the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to NATO in Brussels, between 2009-2012, and as a Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Turkey in New York, between 2014-2018.

Since August 15, 2020, he has been serving as the Consul General of the Republic of Turkey to New York.
Consul General Özgür is married with two children.