List of ambassadors of Turkey to the United States

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Ambassador of Turkey to the United States
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Hasan Murat Mercan.jpg
Incumbent
Murat Mercan
Ambassador
since March 2021
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat Washington D.C., United States
Nominator President
Appointer President
Inaugural holder Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu
Formation1927
Website Turkish Embassy - Washington D.C.

The Turkish Ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the President of Turkey and the Government of Turkey to the President of the United States and Federal government of the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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List of ambassadors

PortraitNameTerm StartTerm EndRef.
Ahmet Muhtar Bey Mollaoglu (cropped).jpg Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu 28 November 192720 April 1934 [8]
Munir Ertegun (cropped).jpg Mehmet Münir Ertegün 18 June 19341 November 1944
Orhan Halit Erol in Montreal.jpg Orhan Halit Erol 1 November 194416 March 1945
Huseyin Ragip Bey in 1912 (FFT724091) (cropped).jpg Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur 16 March 194527 August 1948
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017259-0001, Bonn, Empfang fur Aussenminister der Turkei erkin (cropped).jpg Feridun Cemal Erkin 11 August 194815 June 1955
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Ali Haydar Görk 31 May 195519 April 1957
Suat Urguplu (cropped twice).jpg Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 27 August 195723 March 1960
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Melih Esenbel 24 March 196028 October 1960
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Bülend Uşaklıgil 1 November 196020 June 1962
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Turgut Menemencioğlu 24 April 19622 January 1967
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Melih Esenbel 9 January 19671 November 1974
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Aydın Yeğen 1 November 19741 April 1975
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Melih Esenbel 1 April 197514 July 1979
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Şükrü Elekdağ 23 July 197926 June 1989
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Nüzhet Kandemir 14 August 198915 April 1998
Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Baki İlkin 17 April 199818 September 2001
Faruk Loğoğlu 24 September 200126 December 2005
Nabi Sensoy 070126-D-9880W-036 (cropped).jpg Nabi Şensoy 1 January 200617 January 2010
Namik Tan (cropped) (cropped).jpg Namık Tan 15 February 201031 March 2014
Serdar Kilic (cropped) (cropped).jpg Serdar Kılıç 17 April 20142 March 2021 [9]
Hasan Murat Mercan (cropped).jpg Hasan Murat Mercan15 March 202112 January 2024 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Diplomatic Connections". www.diplomaticconnections.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. ↑ "Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ↑ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan". T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ↑ Gurcanli, Zeynep. "Turkey risks not being represented in Security Council voting". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ↑ "Turkish ambassador to U.S. quits". UPI. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ↑ "A Conversation with Namik Tan - The American Interest". 2014-09-04. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  7. ↑ "12 büyükelçinin görev yeri değiştirildi".
  8. ↑ Harris, George Sellers (2009). Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension. BRILL. pp. 147–157. ISBN   978-90-04-17434-4.
  9. ↑ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-02-04). "Turks in US hold farewell ceremony for Ambassador Serdar Kılıç". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  10. ↑ "Washington Büyükelçisi Murat Mercan emekli oluyor". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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