Turkish Embassy Paris
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
| State level | bilateral | ||
| Position of the authority | Embassy | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey | ||
| Consist | since 1946 | ||
| Headquarters |
 Paris
|
||
| ambassador | Tahsin Burcuoğlu | ||
| Website | www.paris.emb.mfa.gov.tr/ | ||
The Turkish Embassy in Paris ( formally the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey Paris; T ürkiye C umhuriyeti Paris Büyükelçiliği or T . C . Büyükelçiliği Paris) is the highest diplomatic representation of the Republic of Turkey in France . The current ambassador is Tahsin Burcuoğlu (since 2010).
The Ottoman Empire sent representatives to France from 1483. After the alliance treaty between Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent and King Francis I of 1536, France ordered an ambassador to Istanbul . The first Ottoman ambassador was Yirmisekiz Çelebi Mehmet Efendi . He stayed in France between 1720 and 1722 and returned with a comprehensive report. The first permanent ambassador was sent in 1798.
Locations
The Ottoman embassy - since 1923 the Turkish embassy - was at the following addresses:
- From 1798 in the Hôtel de Monaco (57, rue Saint Dominique) (now the Polish Embassy)
- From 1810 in the Hôtel de Bernage (2, rue de Lille)
- From 1815 in house 11, rue la Planche
- From 1835 in the Hôtel du Châtelet (121, rue de Grenelle)
- From 1839 in the Hôtel de Grimod de la Reynière (1, rue Boissy d'Anglas) (today the American embassy )
- From 1854 in the Hôtel de Villars (116, rue de Grenelle)
- From 1863 in the Hôtel des Maréchaux (10, rue de Presbourg)
- From 1872 in the Hôtel de Saint-Julien (17, rue Laffitte)
- From 1888 in the Hôtel des Maréchaux (10, rue de Presbourg)
- From 1908 in house 33, rue Villejust (today rue Paul Valéry)
- From 1940 in Vichy
- From 1944 back in house 33, rue Villejust
The Turkish ambassador has resided in the Hôtel de Lamballe (16, avenue de Lamballe) since 1946 . In 1974 a new building was erected on the edge of the property directly on Avenue de Lamballe.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Paris (Turkish / French)
- Website of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 16.8 ″ N , 2 ° 16 ′ 50.6 ″ E