The list of ambassadors of Turkey to ICAO includes diplomats responsible for representing Turkey within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Turkey is a founding member of ICAO through the 1944 Chicago Convention. In 1978, a bureau for ICAO affairs was established under the Embassy of Turkey in Ottawa, which was upgraded to a Permanent Mission in 1990. [1]
# | Ambassador | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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1 | Ümit Pamir | 1 January 1990 | 1 January 1991 | [1] |
2 | Ünal Maraşlı | 1 January 1991 | 1 January 1995 | |
3 | Tanju Ülgen | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1997 | |
4 | Hatay Savaşçı | 1 January 1997 | 16 July 1999 | |
5 | Oya Tuzcuoğlu | 1 August 1999 | 30 May 2002 | |
6 | Sadi Çalışlar | 1 June 2002 | 1 December 2006 | [2] |
7 | Vakur Gökdenizler | 15 December 2006 | 30 June 2010 | [3] |
8 | Oya Tuzcuoğlu | 15 July 2010 | 1 September 2012 | [4] |
9 | Çağatay Erciyes | 1 September 2012 | 11 September 2015 | [5] |
10 | Ali Rıza Çolak | 11 September 2015 | 29 December 2019 | [6] |
11 | Suat Hayri Aka | 1 January 2020 | 24 September 2023 | [7] |
12 | Nevzat Uyanık | 24 September 2023 | Present | [8] |
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