Just off the top of my head but it seems like Turkey would be prestigious ambassadorial appointment. Turkey is a world power with unique international alignments with which any country would want to maintain close and careful diplomatic ties. I would think Turkey could provide some leverage against attempts by Moscow to gain/regain control over Moldova. It's geographically not that far from Moldova. There are also cultural connections -- historical and maybe current as well given Gagauzia's Turkic roots.
The historical threads are subtle to my limited perspective, but the Moldovan word for "tomato" - pătlăgea roşie - just means "red eggplant" in Turkish. I also took the shrinking of sarmale and the use of grape leaves compared to Polish golumpki as legacy of the Ottoman days, but that could go much further back in time.
It would be and since Turkey and Gagauzia have very close relations it would be a natural fit in some ways. That said, an Ambassador is a representative of the government and does not make policy. Vlah is very much in opposition to the government so it's like asking her to change parties for a prestigious job for a few years. I doubt she was actually asked but her saying no was almost guaranteed.
Just off the top of my head but it seems like Turkey would be prestigious ambassadorial appointment. Turkey is a world power with unique international alignments with which any country would want to maintain close and careful diplomatic ties. I would think Turkey could provide some leverage against attempts by Moscow to gain/regain control over Moldova. It's geographically not that far from Moldova. There are also cultural connections -- historical and maybe current as well given Gagauzia's Turkic roots.
The historical threads are subtle to my limited perspective, but the Moldovan word for "tomato" - pătlăgea roşie - just means "red eggplant" in Turkish. I also took the shrinking of sarmale and the use of grape leaves compared to Polish golumpki as legacy of the Ottoman days, but that could go much further back in time.
It would be and since Turkey and Gagauzia have very close relations it would be a natural fit in some ways. That said, an Ambassador is a representative of the government and does not make policy. Vlah is very much in opposition to the government so it's like asking her to change parties for a prestigious job for a few years. I doubt she was actually asked but her saying no was almost guaranteed.