List of Turkish ambassadors in Finland
The Ambassador heads the Turkish Embassy in Helsinki .
The Finnish and Turkish governments have maintained diplomatic relations since 1924. Until 1961, the ambassador, based in Stockholm, was also accredited to the government in Helsinki.
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Prime Minister of Turkey | President of the Republic of Finland | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Ziya Tepedelen | Emin Fahrettin Özdilek | Urho Kekkonen | 1964 | |
| 1967 | Osman Olcay | İsmet İnönü | 1967 | ||
| 1974 | Hamit Batu | Nihat Erim | 1974 | ||
| 1979 | Yalçın Kurtbay | Suleyman Demirel | 1979 | ||
| 1982 | Candemir Önhon | (* 1933 in Istanbul) 1952 Abitur at Galatasaray-Gymnasium , studied law at Ankara University , entered civil service in 1956, 1976–1979: Ambassador to Northern Nicosia, 1986–1991: Ambassador to Cairo, 1991–1995 Ambassador to London, 1996: retirement. | 1982 | ||
| 1984 | Metin Karaca | Bulent Ulusu | Mauno Koivisto | 1984 | |
| 1986 | Dogan Turkmen | Turgut Özal | 1986 | ||
| 1989 | Oktay Aksoy | 1989 | |||
| 1995 | Tuncer Topur | Yıldırım Akbulut | 1995 | ||
| 1997 | Akın Alptuna | (* May 23, 1942) 1965 studied political science at Ankara University , joined the Foreign Service in 1967, 1997–2000: permanent representative at the OECD in Vienna, 2000–2003: Undersecretary of State for European Affairs, 2003–2007: Ambassador to the Court of St. Jones, 2007 retired. | Tansu Çiller | Martti Ahtisaari | 1997 |
| 2001 | Onur Gokce | Mesut Yılmaz | 2001 | ||
| 2004 | İlhan Yiğitbaşıoğlu | Bülent Ecevit | Tarja Halons | 2004 | |
| 2005 | Osman Alifeyyaz Paksut | (* November 3, 1953 in Ankara) 1974 studied political science at the University of Ankara . 2002–2004: Ambassador to Baghdad, 2007 retired. | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2005 | |
| 2009 | Rehabilitation Keskintepe | (* 1953, USA) attended TED College Ankara 1976 student of administrative science at Bosporus University , joined the foreign service in 1977, since July 26th 2012 Ambassador to Canberra. | 2009 | ||
| Jan. 3, 2014 | Hüseyin Selâh Korutürk | (* 1949 in Istanbul) Studied international relations at Ankara University in 1975 , joined the foreign service in 1978. 2001–2005: Ambassador to Tunis. | Jan. 3, 2014 | ||
| Dec. 2013 | Adnan Basaga | (* 1953 in Bayburt) studied political science and international relations at the University of Ankara , joined the foreign service in 1979, he was employed at the Consulate General in Hanover, at the UN headquarters in Beirut, Cairo, Bonn and Berlin, from 2010 to 2011 he was the director the European Affairs Department. | Sauli Niinistö |
