List of ambassadors of Turkey to WTO

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The list of ambassadors of Turkey to the World Trade Organization comprises diplomats responsible for representing Turkey's interests within the organization.

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List of ambassadors

#AmbassadorTerm startTerm endRef.
1 Ahmet Mithat Balkan 7 November 199616 November 1998 [1]
2 Ömer Ersun 15 November 19981 August 2000 [2]
3 Mustafa Oğuz Demiralp 31 July 200019 July 2002 [3]
4 Mehmet Kazım Görkay 21 July 200226 November 2004 [4]
5 Ahmet Deniz Bölükbaşı 29 November 200418 May 2007 [5]
6 Halit Bozkurt Aran 1 October 200719 March 2012 [6]
7 Selim Kuneralp 11 September 201217 March 2014 [7]
8 Mehmet Haluk Ilıcak 17 March 201414 November 2016 [8]
9 Kemal Madenoğlu 15 November 20165 May 2021 [9]
10 Alparslan Acarsoy 13 May 2021Present [10]

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