List of ambassadors of Turkey to Australia

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The ambassador of Turkey to Australia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Republic of Turkey to the prime minister and government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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List of ambassadors

AmbassadorTerm StartTerm EndRef.
Baha Vefa Karatay15 March 19677 November 1968 [1]
Mehmet Baydur17 December 19686 November 1972
Hikmet Bensan30 December 197229 July 1978
Hasan Üner1 August 197829 July 1981
Faruk Şahinbaş20 August 19813 March 1991
Ergün Pelit31 March 19885 December 1991
Orhan Aka16 December 199130 May 1995
Bilal Niyazi Şimşir13 June 199518 March 1998 [2]
Umut Arık23 April 199825 September 2001 [3]
M. Tansu Okandan1 October 20015 January 2006 [4]
N. Murat Ersavcı16 January 200612 October 2009 [5]
Oğuz Özge22 October 20091 July 2012 [6]
Reha Keskintepe1 July 201231 July 2015 [7]
Vakur Gökdenizler30 September 20159 January 2019 [8]
Korhan Karakoç15 January 201924 January 2023 [9]
Ufuk Gezer26 January 2023Present [10]

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