List of ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Turkey

The Saudi ambassador in Ankara is the official representative of the Government in Riyadh to the Government of Turkey, concurrently he is accredited to Baku (Azerbaijan).

Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Turkey
سفير خادم الحرمين الشريفين لدى جمهورية تركيا (Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Turkey)
Coat of Arms of Saudi Arabia
Incumbent Waleed A. Elkhereiji since October 4, 2018
Inaugural holder	Fouad Bey Hamza [de]
Formation	1943

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Arabic	Observations	King of Saudi Arabia	Prime Minister of Turkey	Term end
1943	Fuad Hamza	فؤاد حمزة	Hamza, Fouad Bey (né en 1899) : Libanais, diplomate au service de l'Arabie Saoudite.	Ibn Saud	Ahmet Fikri Tüzer	1945
1955	Sayid Tawfik Hamza	سيد توفيق حمزة	[1]	Ibn Saud	Adnan Menderes
1957	Kazi Mustafa Kamal	كازي مصطفى كمال	[2]	Saud of Saudi Arabia	Adnan Menderes
1957	Saleh Mustafa	صالح مصطفى		Saud of Saudi Arabia	Adnan Menderes	1963
1966	Samir Shihabi	سمير الشهابي	[3]	Faisal of Saudi Arabia	Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	1971
1973	Anas Yusuf Yassin [de]	انس يوسف ياسين		Faisal of Saudi Arabia	Mehmet Naim Talu	1974
1974	Mohammed Said Basrawi [de]	محمد سعيد البصراوي		Faisal of Saudi Arabia	Mustafa Bülent Ecevit	March 1, 1976
March 1, 1976	Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb	فؤاد عبد الحميد الخطيب		Faisal of Saudi Arabia	Mustafa Bülent Ecevit	June 1, 1976
1980	Sheikh Muhammad Al Awadi	الشيخ محمد العوضي	In 1976 he war minister of commerce and industry.	Khalid of Saudi Arabia	Bülent Ulusu	1984
January 1, 1986	Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja	عبدالعزيز بن محي الدين الهودشة		Fahd of Saudi Arabia	Turgut Özal	1991
January 1, 1993	Naji Sadiq al Mufti [de]	ناجي صادق المفتي		Fahd of Saudi Arabia	Tansu Çiller	2004
April 7, 2009	Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif [de]	محمد رجا عبد الله الحسيني الشريف	[4]	Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
May 16, 2013	Adel bin Siraj Mirdad [de]	عادل سراج الدين مرداد	25 January 2017 It was pointed out that Ambassador Adel Serajedin Merdad left Turkey three weeks ago after the end of his term, and that he has not made any statement, whether to the BBC or to any other media outlet, over recent months.	Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	Abdullah Gül	January 4, 2017
October 4, 2018	Waleed A. Elkhereiji	وليد بن عبدالكريم الخريجي	Turkey summons Saudi ambassador over journalist's disappearance at consulate in Istanbul [5]	Salman of Saudi Arabia	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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References

1. Sayid Tawfik Hamza
2. Kazi Mustafa Kamal
3. "Saudi Elected by the U.N. Assembly (Published 1991)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24.
4. Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif
5. Walid bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji, ,
6. Saudi denies false statement attributed to its former ambassador to Turkey,