He studied in the Department of Public Administration of the Middle East Technical University from where he graduated in 1985.
[1] Between 1988 and 1999 he was assigned in several positions to Turkish consulates and embassies of in Chicago, Teheran or Washington.
[1] In 2019, he opposed to Peter Handke, a known supporter of Slobodan Milosevic, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and decided not to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony that year.
[3] As in May 2022 Sweden applied to become a member of NATO and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced opposition to the aim due to terrorists being represented in the Swedish Parliament, Yunt demanded the extradition of the Swedish MP Amineh Kakabaveh to Turkey.
[citation needed] Later, Yunt said the extradition was a misunderstanding as Turkey didn't make such a request.