List of ambassadors of Turkey to Ireland

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The list of ambassadors of Turkey to Ireland provides a chronological record of individuals who have served as the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Turkey to Ireland.

List of ambassadors

AmbassadorTerm startTerm endRef.
Celal Akbay10 December 197321 July 1978 [1]
Ahmet Asım Akyamaç25 July 197810 November 1980 [2]
Gündoğdu Üstün11 December 198011 March 1985 [3]
S. Nahit Toker11 November 19851 April 1988Unknown
Halil Dağ29 March 198815 April 1993 [4]
Taner Baytok15 April 199330 September 1995 [5]
N. Murat Ersavcı4 October 199529 November 1998 [6]
S. Günaltay Şibay1 December 199827 December 2002 [7]
Ahmet Berki Dibek13 January 20038 January 2007 [8]
Turan Moralı15 January 200731 August 2008 [9]
Ahmet Altay Cengizer1 April 200911 February 2013 [10]
Necip Egüz14 February 201323 September 2016 [11]
Levent Murat Burhan14 November 201616 March 2021 [12]
Mehmet Hakan Olcay1 April 2021Present [13]

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