List of Turkish ambassadors in Albania

The following list shows the Turkish ambassadors in Albania . Political and diplomatic relations between Albania and Turkey began immediately after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk proclaimed the Republic of Turkey in 1923 . At that time the country was in a restructuring phase from the monarchically ruled Ottoman Empire to the democratically ruled Republic of Turkey. Since the dispatch of the first ambassador to Albania in 1926, the embassy has been located in the capital Tirana .

Appointed / Accredited	Surname	Remarks	Appointed during government	Accredited during government	Resigned
1926	Tahir Lütfi Togay		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1928
1929	Ahmet Riu Demirel		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1930
1931	Zeki Hakkı Karabuda		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1931
1932	Basri Raşid Danişmend		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1933
1934	Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın	(* 1892; † 1959)	İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu
1934	Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1935
1937	Ali Türkgeldi		İsmet İnönü	Ahmet Zogu	1937
1938	Hulusi Fuat Togay		Celâl Bayar	Ahmet Zogu	1938
1939	Muzaffer Kamil Bayur		Refik Saydam	Benito Mussolini	1944
1959	Hasan Kamil Nurelgin		Adnan Menderes	Enver Hoxha	1960
1963	Mustafa Kenanoğlu		İsmet İnönü	Enver Hoxha	1966
1967	Cihat Rüştü Veyselli		Suleyman Demirel	Enver Hoxha	1967
1968	Bülent Kestelli		Suleyman Demirel	Enver Hoxha	1969
1971	Ercüment Tatarağası		Suleyman Demirel	Enver Hoxha	1977
1979	Metin Karaca		Bülent Ecevit	Enver Hoxha	1982
1983	Selçuk Toker		Bülend Ulusu	Enver Hoxha	1984
1985	Bilal N. Simsir		Bülend Ulusu	Enver Hoxha	1986
1987	Teoman Sürenkök		Turgut Özal	Enver Hoxha	1990
1991	A. Metin Örnekol		Yıldırım Akbulut	Adil Çarçani	1995
1996	Ahmet Rıfat Ökçün		Tansu Çiller	Aleksandër Meksi	1999
2000	Murat Oğuz		Bülent Ecevit	Ilir Meta	2003
2004	Süphan Erkula		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Fatos Nano	17 Aug 2009
Dec 8, 2011	Hasan Sevilir Aşan		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Sali Berisha

Web links

• Embassy History and Previous Ambassadors. Turkish Embassy, ​​Tirana, Albania, accessed March 25, 2019 .