List of ambassadors of Australia to Turkey explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Turkey
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Miles Armitage
Residence:	Ankara
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor General of Australia
Formation:	1968
Inaugural:	Alan McNicoll
Website:	Australian Embassy – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia

The Ambassador of Australia to Turkey is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Turkey. The ambassador resides in Ankara. Since 2011, non-resident accreditation has been held for Azerbaijan and Georgia, which were transferred from the Embassy in Moscow. The ambassador's work is assisted by a Consulate-General in Istanbul and a Consulate in Çanakkale (since 2006).^{[1] [2]}

The current ambassador, since October 2021, is Miles Armitage.

List of ambassadors

Ordinal	Officeholder	Other offices	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
					align=right	years	^[3]
					align=right	years	^[4]
	Roy Peachey				align=right	years	^[5]
					align=right	years	^[6]
	Philip Peters				align=right	years	^[7]
	Don Witheford				align=right	years	^[8]
	Geoffrey Price				align=right	years	^[9]
	David Evans				align=right		^[10]
	Ian Forsyth				align=right		^[11]
					align=right		^[12]
					align=right		^[13]
	Peter Doyle				align=right		^[14]
	Ian Biggs				align=right		^[15]
	James Larsen				align=right		^[16]
	Marc Innes-Brown				align=right	years	^[17]
	Miles Armitage			incumbent	align=right		^[18] ^[19]

Notes

Also served as the non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Azerbaijan, since 2011.

Also served as the non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Georgia, since 2011.

See also

• Australia–Turkey relations

External links

• Australian Embassy – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Notes and References

1. Improved Consular Assistance for Australian Travellers to Gallipoli. Alexander. Downer. Australian Government. 16 December 2005.
2. Consul-General in Istanbul. 18 October 2017. Australian Government. Julie. Bishop.
3. News: New Envoys. The Canberra Times. 8 June 1968. 1.
4. News: Envoys named. 22 February 1973. 3. The Canberra Times.
5. News: Ambassador. 13 August 1976. 3. The Canberra Times.
6. News: Turkish posting. 30 August 1980. 7. The Canberra Times.
7. News: New ambassador. 3 April 1984. 3. The Canberra Times.
8. News: New Ambassador to Turkey named. 17 November 1987. 3. The Canberra Times.
9. Mitcham, Chad J., ‘Price, Geoffrey John (1930-1999’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/price-geoffrey-john-32557, published online 2023
10. News: New diplomatic assignments. The Canberra Times. 14 December 1993. 12.
11. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212030704/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1997/fa163_97.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 23 December 1997.
12. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022514/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa072_01.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 6 June 2001.
13. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212013311/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2004/fa0109_04.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 20 July 2004.
14. Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212005656/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2007/fa069_07.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. Australian Government. 18 June 2007.
15. Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153509/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/fa-s100908a.html. 14 July 2014. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). 8 September 2010. Australian Government.
16. Ambassador to Turkey. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405044818/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2013/jb_mr_131127.aspx?ministerid=4. 5 April 2015. 27 November 2013. Australian Government. Julie. Bishop. Julie Bishop.
17. Ambassador to Turkey. 21 June 2017. Australian Government. Julie. Bishop.
18. Payne, Marise . Marise Payne . 6 October 2021 . Ambassador to Turkey . 13 July 2022 . .
19. Australian ambassador presents his credentials to President Erdoğan . Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye . 14 October 2021 . 12 December 2022 .