List of Turkish ambassadors in India

The embassy is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi .

The ambassador in New Delhi is also regularly accredited in Kathmandu and Malé .

The main building of the embassy chancellery was built in 1983 and expanded in 2010 to accommodate the consular area. The Turkish government acquired the ambassador's residence in 1959, which was built in colonial style.

Appointed / Accredited:	ambassador	Remarks	Government in Turkey	Government in India	Leave post
July 8, 1948	Ali Türkgeldi		Hasan Saka	Jawaharlal Nehru	May 4th 1951
March 21, 1953	Numan Tahir Seymen		Adnan Menderes	Jawaharlal Nehru	July 13, 1955
Aug 20, 1957	Kadri Rızan		Adnan Menderes	Jawaharlal Nehru	Nov 1, 1960
Nov 15, 1960	Necdet Kent		Cemal Gürsel	Jawaharlal Nehru	Aug 20, 1962
Nov 6, 1962	Seyfullah Esin		İsmet İnönü	Jawaharlal Nehru	June 22, 1965
Aug 9, 1965	Fikret Belbez		Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	Lal Bahadur Shastri	Dec. 7, 1966
March 14, 1967	Osman Olcay		Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	Indira Gandhi	Jan. 10, 1969
Sep 2 1969	Mahmut Dikerdem		Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	Indira Gandhi	Jan. 9, 1972
Feb. 26, 1972	Gündoğdu Üstün		Ferit Melen	Indira Gandhi	Sep 30 1976
Oct. 4, 1976	Oktay Işçen		Suleyman Demirel	Indira Gandhi	Dec 16, 1979
Feb. 26, 1980	Ali Hikmet Alp		Bulent Ulusu	Indira Gandhi	Nov 16, 1983
Nov. 30, 1983	İldeniz Divanlıoğlu		Turgut Özal	Indira Gandhi	May 23, 1987
4th June 1987	T. Yalım Eralp		Turgut Özal	Rajiv Gandhi	July 27, 1991
Nov 1, 1991	Murat Sungar		Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz	PV Narasimha Rao	16 Sep 1995
Nov 26, 1995	Sami Cansel Onaran		Tansu Çiller	PV Narasimha Rao	Dec 17, 1997
Jan. 6, 1998	Yusuf Buluç		Mesut Yılmaz	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Dec 16, 2001
Dec 31, 2001	Hasan Göğüş		Bülent Ecevit	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Jan. 17, 2006
Feb. 1, 2006	Halil Akıncı		Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Manmohan Singh	Apr 30, 2008
May 4, 2008	Mehmet Levent Bilman			Manmohan Singh	Feb 4, 2011
Aug 5, 2011	Burak Akcapar	(* 1967 in Istanbul) August 12, 2011: accredited		Manmohan Singh

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mehmet Levent Bilman ( Memento of the original from October 8, 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. ↑ Burak Akcapar
3. ^ Turkish Embassy in New Delhi