List of ambassadors of Turkey to the United States
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Ambassador of Turkey to the United States | |
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Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C. | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Seat | Washington D.C., United States |
Nominator | President |
Appointer | President |
Inaugural holder | Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu |
Formation | 1927 |
Website | Turkish Embassy - Washington D.C. |
The Turkish Ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the President of Turkey and the Government of Turkey to the President of the United States and Federal government of the United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
List of ambassadors
[edit]Portrait | Name | Term Start | Term End | Ref. |
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Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu | 28 November 1927 | 20 April 1934 | [8] |
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Mehmet Münir Ertegün | 18 June 1934 | 1 November 1944 | |
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Orhan Halit Erol | 1 November 1944 | 16 March 1945 | |
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Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur | 16 March 1945 | 27 August 1948 | |
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Feridun Cemal Erkin | 11 August 1948 | 15 June 1955 | |
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Ali Haydar Görk | 31 May 1955 | 19 April 1957 | |
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Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | 27 August 1957 | 23 March 1960 | |
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Melih Esenbel | 24 March 1960 | 28 October 1960 | |
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Bülend Uşaklıgil | 1 November 1960 | 20 June 1962 | |
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Turgut Menemencioğlu | 24 April 1962 | 2 January 1967 | |
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Melih Esenbel | 9 January 1967 | 1 November 1974 | |
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Aydın Yeğen | 1 November 1974 | 1 April 1975 | |
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Melih Esenbel | 1 April 1975 | 14 July 1979 | |
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Şükrü Elekdağ | 23 July 1979 | 26 June 1989 | |
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Nüzhet Kandemir | 14 August 1989 | 15 April 1998 | |
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Baki İlkin | 17 April 1998 | 18 September 2001 | |
Faruk Loğoğlu | 24 September 2001 | 26 December 2005 | ||
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Nabi Şensoy | 1 January 2006 | 17 January 2010 | |
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Namık Tan | 15 February 2010 | 31 March 2014 | |
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Serdar Kılıç | 17 April 2014 | 2 March 2021 | [9] |
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Hasan Murat Mercan | 15 March 2021 | 12 January 2024 | [10] |
See also
[edit]- Turkey–United States relations
- Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
- Ambassadors of the United States to Turkey
References
[edit]- ^ "Diplomatic Connections". www.diplomaticconnections.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan". T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Gurcanli, Zeynep. "Turkey risks not being represented in Security Council voting". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Turkish ambassador to U.S. quits". UPI. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "A Conversation with Namik Tan - The American Interest". 2014-09-04. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "12 büyükelçinin görev yeri değiştirildi".
- ^ Harris, George Sellers (2009). Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension. BRILL. pp. 147–157. ISBN 978-90-04-17434-4.
- ^ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-02-04). "Turks in US hold farewell ceremony for Ambassador Serdar Kılıç". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "Washington Büyükelçisi Murat Mercan emekli oluyor". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-03-26.