The list of ambassadors of Turkey to OECD includes diplomats responsible for representing Turkey within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Turkey's Permanent Mission to the OECD has been operational since 1961, following its earlier representation to the OEEC. Since 1982, the Permanent Mission has been based at "9 Rue Alfred Dehodencq, 75016, Paris." The Mission includes personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. [1]
# | Ambassador | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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1 | Mehmet Ali Tiney | 1 January 1952 | 1 January 1961 | [1] |
2 | Prof. Aziz Köklü | 1 January 1961 | 1 January 1962 | |
3 | Münir Mostar | 1 January 1962 | 1 January 1964 | |
4 | Cahit Kayra | 1 January 1965 | 1 January 1968 | |
5 | Metin Kızılkaya | 1 January 1968 | 1 January 1970 | |
6 | Kamuran Gürün | 1 January 1970 | 1 January 1972 | |
7 | Memduh Aytür | 1 January 1972 | 1 January 1981 | |
8 | Pertev Subaşı | 1 January 1981 | 1 January 1983 | |
9 | Tanşuğ Bleda | 1 January 1983 | 1 January 1988 | |
10 | Mustafa Aşula | 1 January 1988 | 1 January 1990 | |
11 | Temel İskit | 1 January 1990 | 1 January 1994 | [2] |
12 | Prof. Dr. Orhan Güvenen | 1 January 1994 | 1 January 1997 | [3] |
13 | Dr. Akın Alptuna | 1 January 1997 | 1 January 2000 | [1] |
14 | Uluç Özülker | 1 January 2000 | 1 January 2002 | [4] |
15 | Sencer Özsoy | 1 January 2002 | 1 January 2006 | [5] |
16 | Ahmet Kamil Erozan | 1 December 2006 | 1 November 2011 | [6] |
17 | Kadri Ecvet Tezcan | 5 January 2012 | 15 November 2013 | [7] |
18 | Mithat Rende | 12 November 2013 | 1 March 2016 | [8] |
19 | Erdem Başçı | 26 May 2016 | 10 March 2021 | [9] |
20 | Kerem Alkin | 15 March 2021 | 18 October 2024 | [10] |
21 | Esen Altuğ | 1 November 2024 | Present | [11] |
Turkey is a founding member of the OECD and G20. The country's economy ranked as the 17th-largest in the world and 7th-largest in Europe by nominal GDP in 2024. It also ranked as the 12th-largest in the world and 5th-largest in Europe by PPP in 2024. The economy of Turkey is an emerging market, upper-middle income, mixed economy. Turkey has often been defined as a newly industrialized country since the turn of the 21st century.
Physically bridging Europe and Asia and being above Africa, Turkey is a secular country that has historically pursued a Western-oriented foreign policy. To this end, Turkey uses its global diplomatic network—the third most extensive—of 252 diplomatic and consular missions.
Belgian–Turkish relations are foreign relations between Belgium and Turkey. Belgium has an embassy in Ankara, a consulate–general in Istanbul and two consulates in Antalya and İzmir. Turkey has an embassy in Brussels and a consulate–general in Antwerp.
Energy consumption per person in Turkey is similar to the world average, and over 85 per cent is from fossil fuels. From 1990 to 2017 annual primary energy supply tripled, but then remained constant to 2019. In 2019, Turkey's primary energy supply included around 30 per cent oil, 30 per cent coal, and 25 per cent gas. These fossil fuels contribute to Turkey's air pollution and its above average greenhouse gas emissions. Turkey mines its own lignite but imports three-quarters of its energy, including half the coal and almost all the oil and gas it requires, and its energy policy prioritises reducing imports.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.
Berat Albayrak is a Turkish businessman and politician. He served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018 and as the Minister of Treasury and Finance from 2018 to 2020. In the general elections of June 2015 and November 2015, he was elected as a member of parliament from Istanbul for the Justice and Development Party. He is married to Esra Erdoğan, the daughter of Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Ziya Müezzinoğlu (1919–2020) was a Turkish economist, diplomat and politician. He held various posts, including ambassador of Turkey to West Germany and minister of finance.
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