List of Turkish ambassadors in Nigeria

The ambassador heads the Turkish Embassy in Abuja and is also regularly accredited by the West African Economic Community .

Appointment accreditation	ambassador	comment	Prime Minister of Turkey	Head of State of Nigeria	Leave post
Aug 30, 1962	Fehmi Nuza	Mustafa Fehmi Nuza (* 1905; † January 26, 1989 in Ankara) 1941: Legation Secretary in London, 1947: Legation Councilor in Belgrade, 1951: Legation Councilor in Sofia , 1960–1962: Ambassador in Buenos Aires , March 30, 1968 - July 13th 1970: Consul General in Geneva.	İsmet İnönü	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	1963
1963	Emin Serif Küçükkul	Chargé d'affaires	İsmet İnönü	Nnamdi Azikiwe	1964
1964	Salih Zeki Karaca	Chargé d' Affaires 1978: Counselor in Vienna	İsmet İnönü	Nnamdi Azikiwe	1964
1964	Efdal Deringil	16 Aug 1949 - 27 Apr 1950: Ambassador in Ottawa , 26 Jan 1955 - 29 Oct 1957: Consul General in New York, 4 Dec 1967 - 31 Oct 1969: permanent representative to the Council of Europe , 19 Aug 1969 - 13 Dec 1971: Ambassador in Algiers	İsmet İnönü	Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nov 6, 1967
1969	Dogan Turkmen	survived the attack on April 17, 1980 in Bern	Suad Hayri Ürgüplü	Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi	1971
Feb 8, 1972	Talat Benler	05 | 1976–1980: Ambassador to Budapest	Ferit Melen	Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi	1974
1976	Kamran Acet		Suleyman Demirel	Olusegun Obasanjo	1976
1976	Muammer Tuncer		Suleyman Demirel	Olusegun Obasanjo	1980
1979	Munin alanate	Chargé (* 1942) 1962: High School Galatasaray High School , 1966: Studied law at the University of Ankara , 1967: entry into the foreign service in 1979: Affaires in Lagos , Apr. 29, 1995-27. July 1999: Ambassador to Chișinău , 2002–2004: Ambassador to Bangkok , 2000–2002: Ministerial Director of the European Union Department, 2007: retirement.	Suleyman Demirel	Shehu Shagari
Oct. 19, 1981	Yüksel Söylemez		Bulent Ulusu	Shehu Shagari	1984
1984	Cengiz Sebükcebe	Nov. 30, 1967 - Aug. 7, 1972: Consul General in Brussels	Turgut Özal	Muhammadu Buhari	1988
1989	Orhan Kulin		Yıldırım Akbulut	Ibrahim Babangida	1991
1991	Salih Zeki Karaca	(* 1933 in Mengen ) 1964: Chargé d'affaires in Lagos , 1978: Counselor in Vienna, 1985–1990: Ambassador in Kabul	Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz	Ibrahim Babangida	1995
1995	Numan Hazarçiliği		Tansu Çiller	Ernest Shonekan	1998
1998	Ömer Sahinkaya		Mesut Yılmaz	Abdulsalami Abubakar
Sep 1 1999	Opening of the liaison office in Abuja.		Bülent Ecevit	Olusegun Obasanjo
Feb 15, 2013	Mustafa Pulat	(* August 16, 1967 in Ankara) Bachelor, study of law at the University of Ankara, BA		Goodluck Jonathan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fehmi Nuza geneva.cg.mfa.gov.tr
2. ↑ Efdal Deringil
3. ^ Salih Zeki Karaca
4. ↑ Turkish Embassy - Abuja Nigeria