Ambassador of Turkey to the United States
Incumbent
Murat Mercan
Ambassador
since March 2021
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatWashington D.C., United States
NominatorPresident
AppointerPresident
Inaugural holderAhmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu
Formation1927
WebsiteTurkish 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

Portrait Name Term Start Term End Ref.
Ahmet Muhtar Bey Mollaoğlu (cropped) Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu 28 November 1927 20 April 1934 [8]
Münir Ertegün (cropped) Mehmet Münir Ertegün 18 June 1934 1 November 1944
Orhan Halit Erol 1 November 1944 16 March 1945
Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur 16 March 1945 27 August 1948
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017259-0001, Bonn, Empfang für Außenminister der Türkei erkin (cropped) Feridun Cemal Erkin 11 August 1948 15 June 1955
Ali Haydar Görk 31 May 1955 19 April 1957
Suat Ürgüplü (cropped twice) Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 27 August 1957 23 March 1960
Melih Esenbel 24 March 1960 28 October 1960
Bülend Uşaklıgil 1 November 1960 20 June 1962
Turgut Menemencioğlu 24 April 1962 2 January 1967
Melih Esenbel 9 January 1967 1 November 1974
Aydın Yeğen 1 November 1974 1 April 1975
Melih Esenbel 1 April 1975 14 July 1979
Şükrü Elekdağ 23 July 1979 26 June 1989
Nüzhet Kandemir 14 August 1989 15 April 1998
Baki İlkin 17 April 1998 18 September 2001
Faruk Loğoğlu 24 September 2001 26 December 2005
Nabi Şensoy 070126-D-9880W-036 (cropped) Nabi Şensoy 1 January 2006 17 January 2010
Namık Tan (cropped) (cropped) Namık Tan 15 February 2010 31 March 2014
Serdar Kılıç (cropped) (cropped) Serdar Kılıç 17 April 2014 2 March 2021 [9]
Hasan Murat Mercan (cropped) Hasan Murat Mercan 15 March 2021 Present

See also

References

  1. ^ "Diplomatic Connections". www.diplomaticconnections.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. ^ "Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan". T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ^ Gurcanli, Zeynep. "Turkey risks not being represented in Security Council voting". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ^ "Turkish ambassador to U.S. quits". UPI. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ^ "A Conversation with Namik Tan - The American Interest". 2014-09-04. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  7. ^ "12 büyükelçinin görev yeri değiştirildi".
  8. ^ Harris, George Sellers (2009). Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension. BRILL. pp. 147–157. ISBN 978-90-04-17434-4.
  9. ^ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-02-04). "Turks in US hold farewell ceremony for Ambassador Serdar Kılıç". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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