List of ambassadors of Turkey to the United States explained

Post:Ambassador
Formation:1927
Inaugural:Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu
Nominator:President
Appointer:President
Reports To:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat:Washington D.C., United States
Style:His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Body:Turkey to the United States
Department:Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
Incumbentsince:March 2021
Incumbent:Murat Mercan
Ambassador
Insigniasize:100
Insignia:Tc buyukelcilikamblem.svg
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]

List of ambassadors

!Portrait! Name! Term Start! Term End!Ref.
Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu28 November 192720 April 1934[8]
Mehmet Münir Ertegün18 June 19341 November 1944
Orhan Halit Erol1 November 194416 March 1945
Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur16 March 194527 August 1948
Feridun Cemal Erkin11 August 194815 June 1955
Ali Haydar Görk31 May 195519 April 1957
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü27 August 195723 March 1960
Melih Esenbel24 March 196028 October 1960
Bülend Uşaklıgil1 November 196020 June 1962
Turgut Menemencioğlu24 April 19622 January 1967
Melih Esenbel9 January 19671 November 1974
Aydın Yeğen1 November 19741 April 1975
Melih Esenbel1 April 197514 July 1979
Şükrü Elekdağ23 July 197926 June 1989
Nüzhet Kandemir14 August 198915 April 1998
Baki İlkin17 April 199818 September 2001
Faruk Loğoğlu24 September 200126 December 2005
Nabi Şensoy1 January 200617 January 2010
Namık Tan15 February 201031 March 2014
Serdar Kılıç17 April 20142 March 2021[9]
Hasan Murat Mercan15 March 202112 January 2024[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diplomatic Connections. 2021-02-13. www.diplomaticconnections.com.
  2. Web site: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2021-02-13. www.mfa.gov.tr.
  3. Web site: T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan. 2021-02-14. T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı.
  4. Web site: Gurcanli. Zeynep. Turkey risks not being represented in Security Council voting. 2021-02-14. www.hurriyet.com.tr. tr.
  5. Web site: Turkish ambassador to U.S. quits. 2021-02-14. UPI. en.
  6. Web site: 2014-09-04. A Conversation with Namik Tan - The American Interest. 2021-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904055903/http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2012/2/13/a-conversation-with-namik-tan/. 2014-09-04.
  7. Web site: 12 büyükelçinin görev yeri değiştirildi.
  8. Book: Harris, George Sellers . Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension . 2009 . BRILL . 978-90-04-17434-4 . 147–157 . en.
  9. Web site: AA . DAILY SABAH WITH . 2021-02-04 . Turks in US hold farewell ceremony for Ambassador Serdar Kılıç . 2023-05-06 . Daily Sabah . en-US.
  10. Web site: Washington Büyükelçisi Murat Mercan emekli oluyor . 2024-03-26 . www.ntv.com.tr . tr.