List of Permanent Representatives of Turkey to UNESCO

List of permanent representatives of Turkey to UNESCO in Paris .

Heads of mission

Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Prime Minister of Turkey	Leave post
1970	Hasan Esat Işık	(* 1916 in Istanbul ; † July 2, 1989 ibid) attended the Galatasaray High School , studied law at the University of Ankara , was a representative at the United Nations Office in Geneva from 1952 , 1962–1964: Ambassador in Brussels , 1966–1968: Ambassador to Moscow , 1968 - February 13, 1973: Ambassador to Paris . Was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1965. In the Suat Hayri Ürgüplü government he was Foreign Minister until 1973, then Deputy Chairman of the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisiin Istanbul. He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 1977 elections. In the MSP coalition government from January 26, 1974 to November 17, 1974, from June 21, 1977 to July 21, 1977 and from January 5, 1978 to January 16, 1979: Minister of Defense in the government of Bülent Ecevit . On September 12, 1980, a court ruling banned him from holding political office for five years.	Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	1971
1971	Munis Faik Ozansoy	(* March 22, 1911 in Lesbos † 1975 in Istanbul) Poet, writer. Nephew of Suleyman Nazif . Attended Galatasaray High School, studied law at Ankara University . July 31, 1958 to May 27, 1960: General Secretary of the Presidential Office ( Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanlığı genel sekreterleri listesi ). December 10, 1965 July 27, 1971: State Secretary to the Prime Minister ( TC Başbakanlık müsteşarları listesi ).	Nihat Erim
1976	Veysel Versan	(* 1913) attended Galatasaray High School, studied law at the University of Istanbul , 1956–1961: Chief of Protocol, 1961–1964 Ambassador to Stockholm, 1964–1967: Ambassador to Jakarta, 1967–1969: Ambassador to Budapest, 1972– 1976: Ambassador to Brasilia .	Suleyman Demirel	1978
1978	Pertev Subaşı	(* March 6, 1922 in Trabzon ; † March 23, 1985 in Buenos Aires ) In 1939 he graduated from St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey) and studied law at the University of Lausanne . 1945 Mission to Baghdad, July 23, 1972 to Sep. 22. 1976: Ambassador to Rome , 1978–1981 also accredited to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development , 1983–1985: Ambassador to Buenos Aires .	Mustafa Bülent Ecevit	1981
1982	Haluk Sayinsoy	1971–1976: Ambassador to Buenos Aires , Sept. 25, 1976 - July 17, 1978: Ambassador to Prague, November 1, 1984 to Dec. 1, 1986: Ambassador to Cairo	Bulent Ulusu	1984
1984	Nazif Cuhruk		Turgut Özal
1984	Yalçın Kurtbay	(1925) April 1963 to June 27, 1963: Ambassador to Lisbon, November 1, 1979-1. Sep 1983: Ambassador in Brasilia , 1984: Ambassador in Mogadishu
1984	Pulat Yüksel Tacar	(* 1931 in Istanbul ) 1950 Stein High School, Tracy (California) , 1951–1954: Diploma course in political science , joined the foreign service in 1955, 1981–1984: Ambassador to Jakarta, 1989–1995: permanent representative to the European Community.		1987
1995	Ömer Engin Lütem	(* May 1933 in Istanbul ) Galatasaray High School, career officer, graduated from Ankara University with a degree in political science, entered the foreign service in 1957. Worked in France, Germany, Italy and Libya, was Consul General in Cologne in 1975, and from 1981–1983 headed the News and Research Department. 1983–1989: Ambassador to Sofia. 1992–1995: Ambassador to the Holy See.	Tansu Çiller	1997
1997	Turhan Fırat	(* May 1937 in Istanbul ) Completed a degree in political science at Ankara University in 1961, joined the foreign service in 1962, 1988–1990 permanent representative at the Council of Europe, 1990–1994: Ambassador in Seoul .	Mesut Yılmaz	2002
2002	Bozkurt Aran	(* April 17, 1947 in Başkale ) Completed a degree in Political Science at Ankara University in 1971, joined the foreign service in 1973, 1976: Vice Consul in Salzburg, 1998–2000: Ambassador in Islamabad, 2004–2006: Ambassador in Tehran , Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization from October 1, 2007 to March 19, 2012 , retired on April 17, 2012.	Abdullah Gul	2004
2004	Numan Hazar	(* 1945 in Tarsus (Turkey) ) graduated in 1966 with a degree in political science and joined the foreign service, 1995–1998: Ambassador to Nigeria . 2001–2004: Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, retired in 2010 .	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	2006
2009	Ali Tuygan	(* April 28, 1944 in Istanbul) received his doctorate in political science from Ankara University in 1966. 1989–1992: Ambassador to Ottawa, 1992–1994: Ambassador to Riyadh, 1997–2001: Ambassador to Athens , retired in 2009.		2009
2009	Gürcan Türkoğlu	(* 1955 in Istanbul) attended the Kadıköy Maarif College until 1978 and studied political science at the University of Ankara, joined the foreign service in 1979, 2006–2007: Ambassador to Tehran .		2012
Jan. 2013	Gurcan Balık	(* June 18, 1973 in Yerköy) graduated from Ankara University in 1995 with a degree in political science, received a master's degree from King's College London in 2007 , and started foreign service in 1995.		Aug 2013
March 15, 2014	Hüseyin Avni Botsalı	(* 1957 in Eskişehir) graduated from the University of Ankara with a degree in political science in 1980 and was employed in the NATO department of the Foreign Ministry from 1983. February 2007 to November 2009 Consul General in Mosul , December 1, 2009 to the end of 2012 Ambassador in Cairo , June 2013 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ömer Engin Lütem ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ TC UNESCO Daimi Temsilciliği Türk Uyruklu Sözleşmeli Secretary Sınav Duyuru ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.