List of ambassadors of Turkey to the United States

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]}

Ambassador of Turkey to the United States
Incumbent Sedat Önal Ambassador since 24 April 2024
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Washington D.C., United States
Nominator	President
Appointer	President
Inaugural holder	Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu
Formation	1927
Website	Turkish Embassy - Washington D.C.

List of ambassadors

Portrait	Name	Term Start	Term End	Ref.
	Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu	28 November 1927	20 April 1934	[8]
	Mehmet Münir Ertegün	18 June 1934	1 November 1944
	Orhan Halit Erol	1 November 1944	16 March 1945
	Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur	16 March 1945	27 August 1948
	Feridun Cemal Erkin	11 August 1948	15 June 1955
	Ali Haydar Görk	31 May 1955	19 April 1957
	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü	27 August 1957	23 March 1960
	Melih Esenbel	24 March 1960	28 October 1960
	Bülend Uşaklıgil	1 November 1960	20 June 1962
	Turgut Menemencioğlu	24 April 1962	2 January 1967
	Melih Esenbel	9 January 1967	1 November 1974
	Aydın Yeğen	1 November 1974	1 April 1975
	Melih Esenbel	1 April 1975	14 July 1979
	Şükrü Elekdağ	23 July 1979	26 June 1989
	Nüzhet Kandemir	14 August 1989	15 April 1998
	Baki İlkin	17 April 1998	18 September 2001
	Faruk Loğoğlu	24 September 2001	26 December 2005
	Nabi Şensoy	1 January 2006	17 January 2010
	Namık Tan	15 February 2010	31 March 2014
	Serdar Kılıç	17 April 2014	2 March 2021	[9]
	Hasan Murat Mercan	15 March 2021	12 January 2024	[10]
	Sedat Önal	24 April 2024	Present	[11]

See also

• Turkey–United States relations
• Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C.
• Ambassadors of the United States to Turkey