The list of ambassadors of Turkey to the World Trade Organization comprises diplomats responsible for representing Turkey's interests within the organization.
# | Ambassador | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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1 | Ahmet Mithat Balkan | 7 November 1996 | 16 November 1998 | [1] |
2 | Ömer Ersun | 15 November 1998 | 1 August 2000 | [2] |
3 | Mustafa Oğuz Demiralp | 31 July 2000 | 19 July 2002 | [3] |
4 | Mehmet Kazım Görkay | 21 July 2002 | 26 November 2004 | [4] |
5 | Ahmet Deniz Bölükbaşı | 29 November 2004 | 18 May 2007 | [5] |
6 | Halit Bozkurt Aran | 1 October 2007 | 19 March 2012 | [6] |
7 | Selim Kuneralp | 11 September 2012 | 17 March 2014 | [7] |
8 | Mehmet Haluk Ilıcak | 17 March 2014 | 14 November 2016 | [8] |
9 | Kemal Madenoğlu | 15 November 2016 | 5 May 2021 | [9] |
10 | Alparslan Acarsoy | 13 May 2021 | Present | [10] |
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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.
Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, has been in the Council of Europe since 1949, and in NATO since 1952. Since 2005, Turkey is in accession negotiations with the European Union, having been an associate member since 1963 and is also in European Customs Union. Turkey is also a member of the G20 industrial nations which brings together the 20 largest economies of the world.
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Indonesia-Turkey relations refers to diplomatic relations between Turkey and Indonesia. They have strong ties.
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