List of Turkish ambassadors in South Korea
The ambassador heads the embassy in Seoul .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Prime Minister of Turkey | President of South Korea | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 1957 | Kamil İdil | (* 1900 in Istanbul † November 28, 1982) Study of medicine at the University of Istanbul, Harvard University Serology and Bacteriology, Master of the Johns Hopkins University, member of the Border Commission in Korea, 1957–1959: Ambassador in Seoul. | Adnan Menderes | Rhee Syng-man | Oct 20, 1959 |
| Apr 30, 1960 | Hikmet Hayri Anlı | Cemal Gürsel | Yun Bo-seon | Dec 14, 1963 | |
| Dec 15, 1963 | Bülent Görkem | İsmet İnönü | Park Chung-hee | July 7, 1964 | |
| July 8, 1964 | Okan Gezer | Sep 30 1966 | |||
| Oct. 1, 1966 | Şarık Arıyak | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | Apr 13, 1967 | ||
| Apr. 14, 1967 | Bülent Kestelli | June 7th 1971 | |||
| June 7th 1971 | Yücel Ayaslı | Nihat Erim | May 30, 1972 | ||
| May 31, 1972 | Melih Erçin | Ferit Melen | June 30, 1980 | ||
| July 8, 1980 | Erdil Akay | (* October 22, 1936 in Piraeus ) 1954: Abitur Galatasaray-Gymnasium , 1959: Studied political science at Ankara University, December 31, 1959: Joined the foreign service, 1980–1982: Ambassador in Seoul, 1986 to 1989: Ambassador in Algiers, 1989 to 1991: ambassador in Stockholm, 1996–1999: permanent representative to the FAO , 1999–2001: consul in Geneva, 2001: retirement. | Bulent Ulusu | Chun Doo-hwan | Apr 19, 1982 |
| Apr 23, 1982 | Bedrettin Tunabaş | (* 1930 in Istanbul) 1950: Abitur: St. Joseph High School (Istanbul), 1954; Studied political science at Ankara University , 1975–1978: Consul General in Rotterdam, 1984–1987: Ambassador to North Nicosia, 1990–1995: Ambassador to Budapest. | Nov 16, 1984 | ||
| Nov 23, 1984 | Metin Sirman | Turgut Özal | Dec 16, 1986 | ||
| Dec. 29, 1986 | Yunus Güçel | Feb. 24, 1989 | |||
| March 11, 1989 | Muammer Akçer | Yıldırım Akbulut | Raw Tae-woo | Dec. 24, 1990 | |
| Dec 25, 1990 | Turhan Fırat | (* May 1937 in Istanbul) 1961: Studied political science at Ankara University, 1962: Joined the Foreign Service, May 31, 1988 - Dec. 25, 1990 permanent representative at the Council of Europe , 1990–1994: Ambassador in Seoul, 1997– 2002: Permanent representative at UNESCO in Paris, taught political science at Bilkent University, Ankara. | Yıldırım Akbulut | March 16, 1994 | |
| June 15, 1994 | Kaya Toperi | (* 1933 in Ankara) 1950 Abitur at TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, 1955: Study of Political Science at Ankara University, 1983–1986: Ambassador to Kuwait City, 1986–1989: Ambassador to Ottawa, 1989–1992: Public Relations of the Prime Minister , 1990–1993: Speaker for the President. 1993 Ambassador in Bern, 1994–1996: Ambassador to Seoul, 1996: retired. | Tansu Çiller | Kim Young-sam | Apr 30, 1996 |
| Oct 16, 1996 | Halil Dağ | Necmettin Erbakan | Nov 1, 2000 | ||
| Nov 16, 2000 | Tomur Bayer | (* 1949 in Istanbul) 1972: Abitur at Robert College . 1972: Study of Political Science at Ankara University, 1973: Joined the Foreign Service, 2003–2004: Ambassador in Seoul, 2003–2004: Ambassador in Stockholm, November 1, 2009 to November 15, 2013: Permanent Representative at UN Headquarters . | Bülent Ecevit | Kim Dae-jung | Jan. 4, 2003 |
| Jan 15, 2003 | Selim Kuneralp | (Born July 9, 1951 in Prague) Abitur: St. Joseph High School (Istanbul), 2000–2003: Ambassador in Stockholm, 2003–2006: Ambassador in Seoul, May 2012–2014: permanent representative to the WTO. | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Raw Moo-hyun | Dec 17, 2005 |
| Jan. 13, 2006 | Deniz Ozmen | Sep 30 2009 | |||
| Nov 13, 2009 | Erdoğan Şerif İşcan | Lee Myung-bak | May 5, 2011 | ||
| June 15, 2011 | Naci Sarıbaş | (* 1949 in Ankara) 1966: Abitur at TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, study of economics and administrative sciences at Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakanschesi in Ankara, 1972: Joined the Ministry of Commerce, 1979: Joined the Foreign Service, 2005– 2007: Ambassador to Qatar, 2009–2011: Permanent Representative to the OSCE, 2011–2013: Ambassador to Seoul. | Dec 16, 2013 | ||
| Jan. 1, 2014 | Arslan Hakan Okçal | (* February 25, 1954) 1977: Study of International Relations at the University of Ankara, December 1, 1978 - April 1, 1980: Joined the Foreign Service, Secretary of the Third Class, April 15, 1980 - July 31, 1981: Military Service, August 4, 1981 - December 22, 1981: Secretary of the second class, in the Consular Department, December 22, 1981 - September 30, 1983: Vice Consul in the Consulate General Benghazi, September 30, 1983 - October 1, 1987: Vice Consul in the Consulate General Münster, 1 October 1987 - August 16, 1989: Head of Finance, February 15, 1989 - July 15, 1989: NATO Defense College , August 16, 1989 - August 31, 1992: First Class Secretary to the North Atlantic Council, August 31, 1992 - 1 September 1995: Consul General in Komotini, September 1, 1995 - August 29, 1997: Head of the North America Department, August 29, 1997 - September 1, 1999: Legation Council in Bonn, September 1, 1999 - September 1, 2001: Legation Secretary etär in Berlin, December 26, 2004 - June 15, 2008: Ambassador in Abuja, June 15, 2008 - August 16, 2010: Ambassador in Skopje, August 16, 2010 - December 15, 2013: The Balkans and Central Europe Head Office - Ambassador , General Manager, January 1, 2014: Ambassador to Seoul. | Ahmet Davutoğlu | Park Geun-hye |
