List of ambassadors of Turkey to Switzerland

The ambassador of Turkey to Switzerland is the official representative of the president of Turkey and the Turkish government to the head of state and government of Switzerland. The position is held by Emine Ece Özbayoğlu Acarsoy, who is the first woman to hold this office, presented her credentials to Guy Parmelin on 28 March 2021.{{Cite web |title=Büyükelçi Ece Acarsoy'dan İsviçre Türk toplumuna ilk mesaj |url=https://www.postgazetesi.ch/buyukelcisiece-acarsoydan-isvicre-turk-toplumuna-ilk-mesaj-17938h.htm |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Post Gazetesi |language=tr}}

List of ambassadors

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!Title

!Name

!Appointed or Presented credentials and Terminated mission

!Ref.

rowspan="2" |Maslahatgüzar

|Ahmet Rüştü Demirel

|29.10.1923-17.6.1924

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite journal |last=Şımşır |first=Bilal N. |title=Cumhurıyetın İlk Çeyrek Yüzyilinda Türk Dıplomatık Temsılcılıklerı Ve TemsıLcılerı (1920-1950) |url=https://atamdergi.gov.tr/tam-metin-pdf/153/tur |journal=Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi}}Temporary chargé d'affaires's not listed.

Refik Birgen

|17.6.1924-23.3.1925

rowspan="4" |Elçi

|Mehmet Münir Ertegün

|23.3.1925-24.4.1929

Cemal Hüsnü Taray

|31.10.1930-23.3.1936

Vasfi Menteş

|19.8.1936-19.10.1942

rowspan="2" |Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

|3.11.1942-30.9.1949

rowspan="25" |Büyükelçi

|29.5.1951-13.7.1954

Faik Zihni Akdur

|12.10.1954-2.10.1957

Fahreddin Kerim Gökay

|30.11.1957-14.7.1960

|{{Cite web |title=Eskişehir İz Bırakan Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Hakkında Bilgi |url=http://www.kenthaber.com/ic-anadolu/eskisehir/Kimdir/iz-birakan/fahrettin-kerim-gokay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730140031/http://www.kenthaber.com/ic-anadolu/eskisehir/Kimdir/iz-birakan/fahrettin-kerim-gokay |archive-date=2013-07-30 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.kenthaber.com}}

Zeki Kuneralp

|16.8.1960-7.1.1964

Adnan Kural

|8.4.1964-4.7.1965

Nejad Kemal Kavur

|9.7.1965-26.12.1966

Necmettin Tuncel

|27.12.1966-16.7.1969

Cemil Vafi

|31.7.1969-13.7.1972

Suat Bilge

|29.9.1972-26.12.1979

Doğan Türkmen

|27.12.1979-1.1.1984

Özdemir Yiğit

|1.1.1984-1.1.1986

Haydar Saltık

|1.1.1986-1.1.1989

Behiç Hazar

|1.1.1989-1.1.1992

Aydın Yeğen

|1.1.1992-1.1.1993

Kaya Toperi

|1.1.1993-1.6.1993

|{{Cite web |last=ANKARA |title=Sıra dışı diplomat Kaya Toperi öldü |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/sira-disi-diplomat-kaya-toperi-oldu-40966337 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.hurriyet.com.tr |language=tr}}

Rıza Türmen

|1.1.1995-1.1.1996

Taner Baytok

|1.1.1996-1.1.1998

Erdal Tümer

|16.11.1998-1.8.2000

|{{Cite web |title=Emekli Büyükelçi Erdal Tümer’in vefatı / T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/emekli-buyukelci-erdal-tumer-in-vefati.tr.mfa |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.mfa.gov.tr}}

Metin Örnekol

|15.8.2000-16.11.2004

|{{Cite book |title=Liechtenstein Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments |publisher= |year=2017 |isbn=1514513641 |pages=115 |language=English}}

Alev Kılıç

|20.11.2004-14.6.2009

|{{Cite web |title=Alev KILIÇ |url=http://avim.org.tr/tr/Baskan/Alev-KILIC |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=avim.org.tr |language=tr}}

Mustafa Oğuz Demiralp

|9.10.2009-16.7.2010

Tanju Sümer

|1.8.2010-31.7.2014

Mehmet Tuğrul Gücük

|1.8.2014-2.8.2016

|{{Cite web |title=Turkish ambassador to Switzerland dies after long illness |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/turkish-ambassador-to-switzerland-dies-after-long-illness/620524 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}

İlhan Saygılı

|14.11.2016-27.3.2021

|{{Cite web |last=agencies/ug |first=swissinfo ch and agencies, swissinfo ch and |title=Turkey rejects spying allegations in Switzerland |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/ambassador-speaks_turkey-rejects-spying-allegations-in-switzerland/43105872 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}

Emine Ece Özbayoğlu Acarsoy

|28.3.2021

References

Switzerland

Turkey

List of ambassadors of Turkey to Switzerland

List of ambassadors

See also

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