List of Turkish ambassadors in Latvia

The ambassador heads the embassy in Riga .

Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Prime Minister of Turkey	President of Latvia	Leave post
Nov 1, 2005	Duray Polat	July 1, 1996 - Aug. 18, 2000: Consul General in Stuttgart, 2001: Ambassador in Khartoum	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Jan. 10, 2010
Jan 15, 2010	Ayşe Ayhan Asya	(* 1956 in Ankara) 1978: Abitur: TED Ankara College Foundation Schools , study of political science at the University of Ankara , 2006–2008: Deputy Head of Mission at the Vienna International Center , April 1, 2008 - December 31, 2009: Ambassador to Luxembourg, January 15, 2010 - June 1, 2011: Ambassador to Riga ( Latvia ), 2011–2013: Head of the Culture Department.		Valdis Zatlers	June 1, 2011
June 1, 2011	Serife Serap Özcoşkun	(* January 2, 1962 in Ankara)			Sep 24 2014
Nov 7, 2014	Hayri Hayret Yalav	(Born June 2, 1953 in Ankara) Magister, 1977: Bachelor of Business Administration from Boğaziçi University , Graduated from the Royal College of Defense Studies , London, March 31, 1978 - April 1, 1979: Second Class Legation Secretary in Ankara, April 1 1979 - August 1, 1980: Turkish Armed Forces, August 1, 1980 - July 29, 1983: Secretary of the second class at the Institut Européen de l'Intelligence Digitale in Sophia Antipolis , July 29, 1983 - September 24, 1983: Secretary of the second class in Baghdad , September 24, 1983 - December 1, 1986: Vice Consul at the Consulate General in Salzburg, December 1, 1986 - April 30, 1987: Budget officer in Ankara, April 30, 1987 - August 25, 1988: Budget officer in the approval department, August 25 1988 - October 28, 1991: Deputy Consul General in Hamburg, October 28, 1991 - August 2, 1993: Legation Secretary in Bonn, August 2, 1993 - December 1, 1993: Head of Department EİEY-I, December 1, 1993 - 6. January 1995: employed in the Turkish Security Council, January 6, 1995 - December 31, 1995: Head of Department ABGY-II, December 31, 1995 - December 20, 1996: Legation Secretary in London, July 1, 1996 - August 18, 2000: Consul General in Stuttgart, December 20, 1996 - December 31, 1999: Consul at the Consulate General in Los Angeles, December 31, 1999 - January 9, 2001: Head of Department İEGY-I, January 9, 2001 - February 20, 2004: Deputy Secretary in Berlin, February 20, 2004 - November 23, 2004: Head of Department İEGY-IV, November 23, 2004 - December 23, 2006: Deputy in the Protocol Department, December 23, 2006 - March 1, 2011: Ambassador in Buenos Aires , 1 March 2011 - January 25, 2014: MİDY nezdinde January 25, 2014 - September 29, 2014: Head of the Politics Department, September 9, 2014: Ambassador in Riga.	Ahmet Davutoğlu	Andris Bērziņš

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duray Polat
2. ↑ Serife Serap Özcoşkun
3. ↑ Hayri Hayret Yalav Consul General in Stuttgart president.lv  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Riga Büyükelçiliği