List of Turkish ambassadors in Australia
The ambassador heads the Turkish embassy in Canberra .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Prime Minister of Turkey | Prime Minister of Australia | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 15, 1967 | Baha Vefa Karatay | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | John McEwen | Nov 7, 1968 | |
| Dec 17, 1968 | Mehmet Baydur | (* 1918 in Gerze, Sinop ; † February 25, 1993) studied political science , January 6, 1961 - October 25, 1961: Minister of Commerce, 1961–1964: Ambassador in Bonn, 1965–1968: Ambassador in Ottawa, 1976–1979: Ambassador in Stockholm, 1979–1983: Ambassador in Madrid, | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | John Gorton | Nov 6, 1972 |
| Dec. 30, 1972 | Hikmet Bensan | 1970–1972: Ambassador to Addis Ababa. | Ferit Melen | Gough Whitlam | July 29, 1978 |
| Aug 1, 1978 | Hasan Üner | Mustafa Bülent Ecevit | Malcolm Fraser | July 29, 1981 | |
| Aug 20, 1981 | Faruk Şahinbaş | Bulent Ulusu | Malcolm Fraser | March 3, 1991 | |
| March 31, 1988 | Ergun Pelit | Turgut Özal | Bob Hawke | Dec 5, 1991 | |
| Dec 16, 1991 | Orhan Aka | Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz | Paul Keating | May 30, 1995 | |
| June 13, 1995 | Bilal Simsir | (* 1933) 1957: Studied political science at Ankara University , joined the foreign service in 1960, was first-class legation secretary in Paris, Damascus, London, The Hague, 1988–1990: Ambassador in Beijing, 1985–1987: Ambassador in Tirana . | Tansu Çiller | Paul Keating | March 18, 1998 |
| Apr 23, 1998 | Umut Arık | Mesut Yılmaz | John Howard | 25 Sep 2001 | |
| Oct. 1, 2001 | M. Tansu Okandan | Apr. 10, 1992 - Feb. 28, 1998: Ambassador in Minisk | Bülent Ecevit | Jan. 5, 2006 | |
| Jan. 16, 2006 | Nazif Murat Ersavcı | (* June 16, 1946) 1969: studied political science at the University of Ankara , 1979: NATO Defense College Rome, 1993–1995: public relations , 1995–1998: Ambassador in Dublin, 1998–2001: Ambassador in Muscat Oman , 2009–2011 : Ambassador to Brussels. | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Oct 12, 2009 | |
| Oct 22, 2009 | Oğuz Özge | (Born March 15, 1949 in Balıkesir ) studied political science at Ankara University , entered the foreign service in 1974, 1999–2004: Ambassador to Chișinău Moldova, 2007–2009: Ambassador to Vilnius, Lithuania, 2012: retirement . | Kevin Rudd | July 1, 2012 | |
| July 1, 2012 | Rehabilitation Keskintepe | (* 1953 in the USA) 2005–2009: Ambassador in Helsinki | Julia Gillard |
