List of Turkish ambassadors to the Holy See

List of Turkish ambassadors to the Holy See in Rome .

Heads of mission

Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Sending Turkish Prime Minister	Acting Pope	Leave post
1960	Nureddin Vergin		Cemal Gürsel	John XXIII	1961
1961	Muharrem İhsan Kızıloğlu	general	Emin Fahrettin Özdilek		1966
1967	Hüveyda Mayatepek		Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	Paul VI	1968
1968	Admiral Necdet Uran				1973
1973	Taha Carim		Mehmet Naim Talu		1977
1977	Aydın Alacakaptan	Chargé d'affaires	Suleyman Demirel		1978
1978	Vecdi Türel		Mustafa Bülent Ecevit	John Paul I.	1982
1982	Sulhi Dişlioğlu		Bulent Ulusu		1988
1988	Selçuk Korkud		Turgut Özal		1991
1992	Ömer Engin Lütem		Suleyman Demirel		1995
1995	Semih Belen		Tansu Çiller		1997
1997	Altan Güven		Mesut Yılmaz		2001
2001	Filiz Dinçmen	(* July 24, 1939) married, studied political science at Ankara University, joined the foreign service in 1961, held the following positions: 1961–1965: civil servant in Ankara, 1965–1968: legation secretary at UN headquarters , 1968–1970: legation secretary in Tehran 1970–1972 Head of Department in Ankara, 1972–1976: Counselor at the Permanent Mission to the EEC in Brussels, 1976–1982: Head of Department and Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1982–1984: Ambassador in The Hague , 1984–1988: Permanent Representative at the Council of Europe 1989–1991: Undersecretary 1991–1993: Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1993–1997: Ambassador to Vienna , 1997–2001: Member of the Council for Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of the National Assembly.	Bülent Ecevit		2004
2004	Osman Durak	(1947 in Izmit) entered the foreign service in 1976, consul in Hamburg and Aleppo, legation councilor in Rome and ambassador to Riyadh Saudi Arabia.	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan		2006
2006	Deniz Kılıçer	Chargé d'affaires		Benedict XVI.	2007
Jan. 19, 2007	Muammer Dogan Akdur	(Born August 31, 1947 in Moscow) married, has two daughters, graduated from the University of Lausanne with a degree in political science , and joined the foreign service in 1973. 1973–1976: Third and Second Third and Second Class Legation Secretaries, 1976–1980: Second Class Legation Secretary in Madrid, 1980–1982: Section Head in the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1982–1986: First Class Legation Secretary in Moscow, 1986–1988 : Head of the Department for Economic Relations with Western Countries, 1988–1992: Counselor in Bern 1992–1993: Head of the Department for North America, 1993–1994: Head of the Human Rights Department 1994–1998: Counselor first class and envoy in Paris 1998 and 2001 : Legation Council in Ankara, 1998–2001: Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan 2001–2004: Master of Ceremonies in Ankara. 2004–2006: Ambassador to Caracas.			2009
2009	Deniz Kılıçer	Chargé d'affaires			2010
2010	Kenan Gursoy	(* December 29, 1950 in Ankara) married two children, 1973: studied philosophy at the University of Rennes , 1974: at the Sorbonne , received his doctorate in philosophy from the Ataturk University in 1979 . 1982–1984: Professor of Philosophy at Ataturk University, 1984–1989 at Ankara University , 1989–1997: Professor of Philosophy at Ankara University, 1997–2009: Professor of Philosophy at Galatasaray University , where he was also deputy in 1997 Dean of the School of Communications was, 1998-199: Deputy Director of the Institute for Social Sciences and 1999-2002: Director of the Institute, 1999-2000 and 2006-2009: Director of the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Science and Literature, 2000-2009 : Dean of the Faculty of Science and Literature. Gürsoy is the author of numerous articles and works on philosophy, ethics and dialogue between religions and between cultures.			2014
2014	Mehmet Paçaci	(Born September 11, 1959 in Bolu) married three children. 1989: Studied theology at Ankara University 1992–2008: Professor of Theology at the same university. 2008–2011 Director of Religious Affairs and Social Services at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC. Since 2011 he has been Director General of the Foreign Relations Department in the Presidential Office for Religious Affairs. speaks English and Arabic.	Ahmet Davutoğlu	Francis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Filiz Dinçmen
2. ↑ Osman Durak
3. ↑ Deniz Kılıçer
4. ↑ Muammer Dogan Akdur
5. ↑ Kenan Gursoy
6. ↑ Mehmet Paçaci
7. ↑ apostolische-nachstieg.de ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 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.