His previous positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs include: Director General, Directorate general for Bilateral Political Affairs (Asia-Pacific) (2013-2017); Ambassador to Brazil (2009-2013); Deputy Director General, Deputy Directorate General for America, Ankara (2007-2009); Head of Department, Department of Balkan Affairs, Ankara (2006-2007); Deputy Permanent Delegate, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations, New York (2004-2006); Deputy Permanent Delegate, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna (2001-2004); Head of Department, Department of Maritime Affairs, Ankara (1998-2001); Counsellor, Turkish Embassy in Syria (1995-1998); First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna (1995); First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (Permanent Mission of Turkey to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), Vienna (1992-1995); First Secretary, Department of Disarmament (1991); First Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (1989-1991); First Secretary, Turkish Embassy in Sudan (1987-1989); Second Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the OECD, Paris (1984-1987); and Third Secretary, Economic and Social Affairs Department (1983-1984).

Ambassador Erçin holds a B.A. in International Relations from Ankara University (1980). He speaks English and French and second language. He was born on January 21, 1958.