List of Turkish ambassadors in Jordan
The ambassador heads the embassy in Amman .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Prime Minister of Turkey | Jordanian ruler | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1947 | Bedri Tahir Şaman | Hasan Saka | Abdallah ibn Husain I. | Apr 21, 1949 | |
| May 24, 1949 | Rıfkı Refik Pasin | (* 1890 in Istanbul; † July 12, 1972) Studied history at the Sorbonne , teacher at the Izmir grammar school, consul in Rome, consul in Athens, 1938: Counselor in Berlin, consulate general: Beirut, January 30, 1947-21. May 1949: Ambassador to Jeddah . | Şemsettin Günaltay | Jan. 14, 1950 | |
| Feb. 27, 1951 | Agâh Aksel | Adnan Menderes | Nov 11, 1951 | ||
| Nov 5, 1952 | Kadri Rızan | Hussein I. | May 22, 1957 | ||
| May 31, 1957 | Mahmut Dikerdem | March 20, 1960 | |||
| Apr 29, 1960 | Daniş Tunalıgil | (* 1915 in Ankara † October 22, 1975 in Vienna) 1933: Abitur Galatasaray-Gymnasium 1939: Joined the foreign service, 1960–1964: Ambassador in Amman, 1964–1968: Ambassador in Belgrade, 1970–1973: Ambassador in Den Haag, 1973–1976: Ambassador to Vienna, was shot dead by three members of the justice squad for the Armenian genocide with a security guard from the embassy, | Cemal Gürsel | July 1, 1964 | |
| 26 Sep 1964 | Hüveyda Mayatepek | İsmet İnönü | Nov 12, 1966 | ||
| Dec 30, 1966 | Haluk Kura | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | Dec. 1, 1970 | ||
| Dec. 1, 1970 | Şahin Uzgören | July 19, 1978 | |||
| Aug 12, 1979 | Reşat Arım | Suleyman Demirel | Nov 25, 1985 | ||
| Dec 1, 1985 | Semih Belen | Turgut Özal | July 15, 1989 | ||
| July 30, 1989 | Oktay Aksoy | Yıldırım Akbulut | Nov 27, 1991 | ||
| Nov 29, 1991 | Mehmet Ali İrtemçelik | Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz | July 24, 1995 | ||
| Nov 23, 1995 | Ahmet Suha Umar | (* 1945 in Istanbul) 1966: studied political science at the University of Ankara , 1995–1998: Chargé d'affaires in Amman , 1999: retired, 2002: advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2008–2010: Ambassador in Belgard, 2010 transfer to retire | Tansu Çiller | Nov 3, 1998 | |
| Nov 14, 1998 | Tuncer Topur | Mesut Yılmaz | June 8, 2001 | ||
| June 16, 2001 | Ercan Özer | Bülent Ecevit | Abdullah II bin al-Hussein | Jan. 31, 2004 | |
| Feb. 1, 2004 | Hüseyin Diriöz | (* 1956 in Istanbul) Abitur: Tarsus American College, 1977: Study of Political Science at the University of Ankara , Master of International Relations at the University of Virginia 1978: Joined the Foreign Service, 1996: Secretary of State, 1987–1988: NATO Defense College in Rome , 1988–1989: Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, 1993–1996: Officer in the NATO Secretariat, 1998–2000: Secretary of State in Washington, DC, 2000–2004: Spokesman for the State Department, 2010–2013: Deputy Secretary General of NATO, 2004–2008 : Ambassador in Amman, 2008: Head of the Middle East Department, December 2013: Ambassador in Brasilia. | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| Apr 15, 2008 | Ali Köprülü | 17th June 2012 | |||
| July 18, 2012 | Sedat Önal | 1989–1990: Personnel Department Attaché, 1990–1991: Research Department: Attaché, 1991–1993: Deputy Secretary, Third Class in Kuwait City, 1993–1997: Consulate General in Münster: Vice Consul, 1997–1998: Expatriates Department: Deputy Secretary, Second Class, 1998– 1998: Department of bilateral agreements: Secretary of the second class, 1998–2002: Consul General in New York: Vice Consul and Consul, 2002–2005: Counselor in Tehran, 2005–2007: Head of the Middle East Department, 2007–2009 Consul General Vienna, 2009–2012 Vice Director General: Middle East Department, 2012-: Ambassador to Amman. |
