List of ambassadors of Turkey to the United Kingdom

The list of ambassadors of Turkey to the United Kingdom provides a chronological record of individuals who have served as the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Turkey to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.^[1]

Ambassador of Turkey to the Court of St. James's
Star and crescent of Turkey
Incumbent Osman Koray Ertaş since 14 March 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) Embassy of Turkey, London
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)
Seat	London, United Kingdom
Appointer	President of Turkey
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk
Formation	1924

List of ambassadors

Ambassador	Term Start	Term End	Ref.
Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	11 January 1924	1 September 1924	[2]
Zekai Apaydın	10 September 1924	1 June 1925	[3]
Ahmet Ferit Tek	1 June 1925	1 June 1932	[4]
Münir Ertegün	22 July 1932	1 March 1934	[5]
Ali Fethi Okyar	1 March 1934	1 January 1939	[6]
Tevfik Rüştü Aras	1 January 1939	1 March 1942	[7]
Rauf Orbay	23 March 1942	1 April 1944	[8]
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın	17 April 1944	8 November 1945	[9]
Cevat Açıkalın	8 November 1945	1 March 1952	[10]
Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur	3 March 1952	26 February 1955	[11]
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü	15 September 1955	1 May 1957	[12]
Muharrem Nuri Birgi	1 June 1957	4 August 1960	[13]
Feridun Cemal Erkin	29 August 1960	28 March 1962	[14]
Kemal Kavur	1 October 1962	4 November 1963	[15]
Zeki Kuneralp	7 January 1964	4 July 1966	[16]
Ümit Haluk Bayülken	14 July 1966	26 July 1969	[17]
Zeki Kuneralp	20 August 1969	27 October 1972	[18]
Turgut Menemencioğlu	30 November 1972	16 August 1978	[19]
Vahap Aşiroğlu	2 October 1978	13 July 1981	[20]
Rahmi Gümrükçüoğlu	20 July 1981	27 December 1988	[21]
Nurver Nureş	15 January 1989	27 September 1991	[22]
Candemir Önhon	30 September 1991	17 May 1995	[23]
Özdem Sanberk	1 May 1995	1 March 2000	[24]
Korkmaz Haktanır	1 April 2000	1 December 2002	[25]
Akın Alptuna	1 February 2003	1 May 2007	[26]
Mehmet Yiğit Alpogan	21 July 2007	26 June 2010	[27]
Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz	15 July 2010	28 June 2014	[28]
Abdurrahman Bilgiç	8 July 2014	26 September 2018	[29]
Ümit Yalçın	27 September 2018	6 March 2023	[30]
Osman Koray Ertaş	14 March 2023	Present	[31]

See also

• Embassy of Turkey in London
• Turkey–United Kingdom relations

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