List of Turkish ambassadors in Singapore
On February 12, 1969, the governments of Suleyman Demirel and Lee Kuan Yew established diplomatic relations. On November 1, 1985, the Turkish Embassy in Singapore was opened.
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Prime Minister of Turkey | Prime Minister of Singapore | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 1985 | Rıza towers | Turgut Özal | Lee Kuan Yew | Sep 1 1989 | |
| Sep 1 1989 | Yüksel Söylemez | (* June 11, 1931 in Istanbul ; † January 23, 2013) 1956: Studied law at the University of Istanbul , 1957: Joined the foreign service, October 19, 1981–1984: Ambassador in Lagos at the same time in Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Cameroon, Togo, São Tomé and Príncipe Islands , Chad, Benin and Ghana accredited, 1989–1993: Ambassador to Singapore, 1993–1994: Ambassador to Zagreb , 1995: retirement , 1995–1998: Trade Representative Taiwan Turkey, 2001– 2007: Advisor to the Southeast Anatolia Project . | Yıldırım Akbulut | March 1, 1993 | |
| March 1, 1993 | Mehmet Güney | (* 1936 in Siirt ) Abitur: Pertevniyal High School , studied political science at the University of Ankara and the European University of Brittany , 1962: Kaymakam (District Administrator) von Mengen (Bolu) 1964: Joined the foreign service, 1989–1993: Ambassador in Havana, 1993–1995: Ambassador to Singapore, 1995–1997: Member of the UN International Law Commission, 1998–1999: Ambassador to Jakarta. | Tansu Çiller | Goh Chok Tong | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Aug 1, 1995 | Oktay Özüye | August 1, 1995 - March 1, 1998: Ambassador to Singapore, Nov. 30, 2004 - Dec. 28, 2008: Ambassador to Beijing . | March 1, 1998 | ||
| Apr 1, 1998 | Füsun Çetintaş | (* September 13, 1941 in Ankara) 1964: Studied political science at Ankara University , | Mesut Yılmaz | June 1, 2002 | |
| June 1, 2002 | Hayri Erol | Abdullah Gul | Dec 1, 2006 | ||
| Jan. 1, 2007 | Ahmet Bülent Meriç | (* February 22, 1957 in Ankara) 1978: Studied political science at Ankara University , joined the foreign service in 1980, 2007–2009: Ambassador to Singapore, 2009–2011: Ambassador to Kiev, April 14, 2014: Ambassador to Tokyo | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Lee Hsien Loong | Nov 16, 2009 |
| Dec 1, 2009 | Esat Şafak Göktürk | (* August 28, 1957 in Bonn ) 1996–1999: Consul General in Frankfurt. 1999–2001: Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 2005–2009: Ambassador to Cairo , 2009–2011: Ambassador to Singapore, since March 1, 2014: Ambassador to Oslo . | Nov 16, 2011 | ||
| Nov 16, 2011 | Hakkı Taner Seben | (* May 14, 1954 in Erzurum ) 2004–2008: Ambassador in Almaty |
