List of Turkish ambassadors in New Zealand
The ambassador heads the Turkish Embassy in Wellington .
The ambassador in Wellington is also regularly with the governments in Suva ( Fiji , November 17, 1975), Nukuʻalofa ( Tonga , January 26, 1976), Apia , ( Samoa , April 12, 1979), Funafuti ( Tuvalu , July 19, 1979 ) and Avarua ( Cook Islands October 28, 2008).
history
There were trade relations between the territory of New Zealand and the Ottoman Empire . Since 1937 a consular agreement has regulated the exequatur of consuls. In 1941 there was an honorary consul in Auckland . From 1978 the ambassador to Canberra was regularly accredited to Wellington. In December 1991 Teoman Sürenkök was appointed first ambassador to Wellington, where he was accredited to Catherine Tizard , Governor General of New Zealand on February 10, 1992 .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | List of Prime Ministers of Turkey | List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 1992 | Teoman Sürenkök | 1986: Head of the bilateral agreements department, 1987–1990: Ambassador in Tirana , 1999: Turkish trade mission in Taipei | Suleyman Demirel | Jim Bolger | Oct. 30, 1995 |
| Nov 1, 1995 | Halit Güvener | 12 | 1984-11 | 02 | 1988: Ambassador in Dhaka , 1988–1990: Ambassador in Budapest. | Tansu Çiller | March 30, 1998 | |
| Apr 1, 1998 | Ahmet H. Ermişoğlu | December 27, 1989 - May 16, 1993: Ambassador to Dhaka | Mesut Yılmaz | Jenny Shipley | Sep 15 2001 |
| Oct. 1, 2001 | Ali Ünal Maraşlı | Bülent Ecevit | Helen Clark | March 31, 2004 | |
| June 1, 2005 | M. Ugur Ergun | 1985: Legation Council in London, 1992: Legation Council in Washington, DC | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | June 25, 2008 | |
| May 12, 2009 | Mehmet Taşer | John Key | Dec 16, 2010 | ||
| Jan 15, 2011 | Ali Yakıtal | (* January 1, 1948 in Istanbul) 1968: Abitur: St. Joseph High School (Istanbul) , 1972: Study of Political Science at the University of Ankara , 2000–2003: Legation Council of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey , 2003– 2006: Ambassador to Khartoum ( Sudan ), Oct. 1, 2009-1. March 2010: Ambassador to Rome , January 15, 2011 - May 16, 2012: Ambassador to Wellington. | May 16, 2012 | ||
| 4th June 2012 | Damla Yeşim Say | (* 1965 in Ankara) Studied public administration and political science at the Technical University of the Middle East , 1987: Joined the foreign service. was employed in Baghdad, Tokyo, Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva , and to the UN Headquarters , 2010–2012: Head of the Europe, Caucasus, Asia and the Balkans departments, June 2012: Appointment as Ambassador to Wellington. |
