Ambassador of the United States to Turkey | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | George W. Erving as Chargé d'Affaires |
Formation | 1831 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Ankara |
The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century.
The Ottoman Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 20, 1917, after the United States declared war against Germany on April 4, 1917. Normal diplomatic relations were re-established with the Empire's successor state, Turkey, in 1927. [2]
Lincoln MacVeagh was a United States diplomat, archaeologist, soldier and publisher, he was the founder of Dial Press. He served a long career as the United States ambassador to several countries during difficult times.
The relations between the Ottoman Empire and the United States have a long history having its roots even before the American independence since there was actually a running trade between these two regions. After the American independence in 1776, the first relations between these two countries started through the contact between the American merchants, statesmen and lastly the Navy and North African countries and with the Ottoman Empire after 1780.