List of ambassadors of Turkey to China

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The Turkish Ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Ankara to the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC).{{Cite web|url=http://beijing.emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission|title=T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı Turkish Embassy In Beijing|website=beijing.emb.mfa.gov.tr|access-date=2019-10-12}}

List of Turkish chiefs of mission to China

= Envoys to the Republic of China =

class="wikitable sortable"

!| Name

!| Term start

!| Term end

!| Notes

Hulusi Fuat Tugay

|1 May 1929

|30 July 1931

|Chargé d'affaires in Nanjing

  • (* 1890 † 1967)
  • From 31 December 1950 – 5 January 1954: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Egypt|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Ägypten}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=ycX4G5f4MDQC&dq=%22Ahmet+Hulusi+Fuad+Tugay%22&pg=PA212 Ahmet Hulusi Fuad Tugay]
Emin Âli Sipahi

|21 December 1939

|20 September 1942

|

Minister in Chongqing presented credentials to President Lin Sen.

(* 1895 † 1952) studied at the University of Istanbul, was a lecturer, professor, poet, and educator.

  • 28 October 1933 – 1938: envoy in Brussels.
  • 21 January 1944 – 10 June 1945: Envoy in Riyadh.
  • 26 September 1946 – 1950: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Argentina|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Argentinien}}.
  • 1951-1952: Turkish Ambassadors to Sweden.
Abdul Mennan Tebelen

|19 April 1943

|17 September 1943

|Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing.

  • 8 September 1951: Consul General in Tokyo.{{Cite web |url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=142941&CtNode=124 |title=Cemi Vafi |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222224413/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=142941&CtNode=124 |archive-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

= Ambassadors to the Republic of China =

class="wikitable sortable"

!| Name

!| Term start

!| Term end

!| Notes

Hulusi Fuat Tugay

|29 May 1944

|2 April 1947

|

(1890–1967)

Muammer Hamdi Dambel

|2 April 194

|5 February 1948

| Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing.

  • 1952: Consul General in Paris
Necdet Özmen

|5 February 1948

|25 October 1948

| Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing.

  • 1971-1973: Ambassador in Santiago de Chile
İzzettin Aksalur

|14 August 1953

|

|General

  • From 27 July 1954 – 10 April 1960: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Iran|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter im Iran}}[http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=149882&CtNode=124 Izzettim Akazalur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222224116/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=149882&CtNode=124|date=22 February 2015}}, Turkish Ambassadors to Iran [http://tehran.emb.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx]
Hikmet Hayri Anlı

|30 March 1954

|28 September 1957

|Chargé d'affaires in Taipei

  • From 29 October 1957 to 1 April 1960 he was Consul General in New York Consul General in New York [http://newyork.cg.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx Hikmet Hayri Anlı]
Cemi Vafi

|5 January 1958

|

|{{Cite web |url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=142941&CtNode=124 |title=Cemi Vafi |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222224413/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=142941&CtNode=124 |archive-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Tevfik Kâzım Kemahlı

|27 May 1960

|25 May 1963

|Minister in Taipei

  • 1956: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Bulgarien}}
  • From 1 January 1963 to 1 January 1964 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Morocco|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Maroko}}[http://rabat.be.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx Turkish Ambassadors to Morocco]
Turgut Aytuğ

|26 May 1963

|3 January 1967

|Minister in Taipei

  • 1967-1970: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Japan|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Japan}}
Halûk Kocaman

|28 January 1967

|2 January 1970

| Envoy in Taipei

  • Haluk Kocamen {{Cite web |url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=154123&ctnode=1346&mp=9 |title=Halûk Kocaman |access-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222224721/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=154123&ctnode=1346&mp=9 |archive-date=22 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

= Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China =

class="wikitable sortable"

!| Name

!| Term start

!| Term end

!| Notes

{{Ill|Ahmet Nuri Eren|de}}

|31 October 1972

|7 May 1974

|

{{Ill|Adnan Bulak|tr}}

|22 October 1974

|16 February 1978

| 29 January 1981: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to France|fr|Ambassade de Turquie en France}}

{{Ill|Oktay Cankardeş|tr}}

|30 August 1978

|17 October 1980

|

  • From 11 August to 29 December 1962 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Tunisia|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Tunesien}}
  • From 2 November 1973 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Serbia|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Serbien}}
  • From 1983–1988 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to the Soviet Union|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Russland}}.
{{Ill|Necdet Tezel|tr}}

|24 November 1980

|1 November 1984

|

  • From 1976 to 1980 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Greece|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Griechenland}}
{{Ill|Behiç Hazar|tr}}

|10 October 1984

|16 June 1988

|

{{Ill|Bilal Şimşir|tr}}

|27 June 1988

|17 October 1990

|

{{Ill|Reşat Arım|tr}}

|30 November 1990

|16 May 1994

|

{{Ill|Berhan Ekinci|tr}}

|31 May 1994

|16 September 1996

|

  • From 1 January 2001 to 1 January 2004: {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Norway|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Norwegen}}[http://oslo.be.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx Turkish Ambassadors to Norway]
{{Ill|Ünal Ünsal|tr}}

|30 September 1996

|4 November 1998

|

  • From 31 May 1995 to 30 September 1996 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Italy|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Italien}}[http://roma.be.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx Turkish Ambassadors to Italy]
{{Ill|Daryal Batıbay|tr}}

|17 October 1998

|17 August 2000

|

{{Ill|Rafet Akgünay|tr}}

|30 July 2000

|17 October 2004

|

{{Ill|Oktay Özüye|tr}}

|30 November 2004

|28 December 2008

|

  • From 1 August 1995 to 1 March 1998 he was {{Ill|Turkish Ambassador to Singapore|de|Liste der türkischen Botschafter in Singapur}}[http://singapur.be.mfa.gov.tr/MissionChiefHistory.aspx Oktay Özüye]
{{Ill|Murat Salim Esenli|tr}}

|1 April 2009

|1 December 2013

|

Ali Murat Ersoy

|15 December 2013

|December 2017

|

Abdulkadir Emin Önen

|1 December 2017

|15 March 2023

|

{{Ill|İsmail Hakkı Musa|tr}}

|1 April 2023

|

|

  • From October 2011 to October 2012 he was Turkish Ambassador to Belgium
  • From November 2016 to March 2021 he was Turkish Ambassador to France{{Cite web |title=Ambassador's Biography |url=https://pekin-be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117033516/https://pekin-be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Beijing}}

See also

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