List of Turkish diplomats

List of notable diplomats of the Republic of Turkey, past and present. The names are listed in an alphabetical order according to their last names, with their positions and other relevant information.

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In alphabetical order

A
  • Burak Akcapar (1967 - Istanbul): Turkish diplomat and author.
  • Alptuna, Akın (born May 23, 1942, Nazilli): Ambassador to Helsinki, Finland (1995–1997); OECD Permanent Representative (1997–2000); Deputy Undersecretary of European Affairs (2000–2003); Ambassador to London (2003–2007)
  • Altıkat, Atilla (died August 23, 1982) (Colonel): he was the Turkish military attaché to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was assassinated in 1982 by the ASALA, an Armenian militant organization.

B
  • Başaran, Bora (born 1975 Frankfurt/ Germany): Attaché of Education to the Turkish Consulate General in Frankfurt.

C
  • Cem İpekçi, İsmail (born 1940 Istanbul – d. January 24, 2007, Istanbul) is a Turkish politician, statesman and former minister of foreign affairs of Turkey. He served as foreign minister from June 30, 1997 until July 10, 2002. He was the fourth longest-serving minister of this position. He was a member of Republican People's Party.
  • Çetin, Hikmet (born 1937 Diyarbakır): former minister of foreign affairs and was leader of the Republican's People Party for a short time. He served also as the speaker of the parliament.

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E
  • Ertegün, Münir (1883 Istanbul - 1944 Washington D.C.): He was a famous Turkish politician and diplomat of late years of the Ottoman Turkey and first years of the Republic of Turkey. He is the father of Ahmet Ertegün and Nesuhi Ertegün, brothers who founded the Atlantic Records and are iconic figures of the American music industry.

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K
  • Kent, Necdet (1911–2002): was a Turkish diplomat who risked his life to save Jews during World War II. He was posted as Consul General to Marseilles between 1941 and 1944, gave Turkish citizenship to dozens of Turkish Jews living in France who did not have proper identity papers to save them from deportation to the Nazi gas chambers. He was honored with Turkey's Supreme Service Medal as well as a special medal from Israel for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust along with Selâhattin Ülkümen and Namık Kemal Yolga.[1]
  • Korutürk, Fahri (August 3, 1903 – October 12, 1987) was a Turkish navy officer, diplomat and the 6th president of Turkey. Started diplomatic service in 1960, served as ambassador to the Soviet Union and Spain.
  • Kuneralp, Zeki (1914–1998 Istanbul): He served as the Turkish ambassador to a number of countries in Europe. His wife, Necla Kuneralp, and a retired ambassador, Beşir Balcıoğlu, were killed in an attack by Armenian militants, along with their driver, Antonio Torres, while he was serving as the Turkish ambassador to Spain.
  • Karartı, Burak (1977 -): Born in Erzincan in 1977, Consul General Burak Karartı completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University and his graduate studies in the field of Middle East and African Studies at Gazi University. He started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999. After serving in the Asia Pacific Department, he served at Ulan Bator (2002-2004) and at London Embassies (2004-2007). In 2007, he attended the 110th Term Senior Course at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Between 2007 and 2008, he worked at the Department of Political Planning and between 2008 and 2010 at the Human Resources Department. He was appointed to the Washington Embassy in 2010 and during his first year in Washington, he served in the US Department of State under the diplomatic exchange program at Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellowship.. Following this program, Karartı continued to serve as Undersecretary of the Embassy of Washington, and between 2013 and 2014 he served as Consul General of Boston. Finally, Karartı served as the Head of the Balkans and Central Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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  • Ozcoskun Ali Riza (1960 - Istanbul): Turkish Ambassador to Gambia (2011)
  • Ozcoskun Serap (January 2, 1962 - Ankara): Turkish Ambassador to Latvia (2011)

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T
  • Türkmen, Doğan: He served in Lagos as ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nigeria from January 28, 1969, to December 16, 1971.[2] While serving as ambassador of Turkey to Bern, Switzerland, he was attacked by an Armenian gunman. He escaped with minor injuries.

U
  • Ülkümen, Selâhattin (1914–2003): He was a Turkish diplomat on the island of Rhodes, Greece, who assisted local Jews escape the Holocaust. Turkish and Greek Jews alike were deported to the death camps from the island of Corfu, but on the island of Rhodes, where Jews had prospered during three hundred ninety years of Ottoman rule until 1917 and under Italian occupation from then until 1943, Turkey’s Consul, Selâhattin Ülkümen, saved the lives of some 42 Jewish Turkish families, totaling more than 200 persons among a Jewish community of some 2000 after the Germans took over the island following Benito Mussolini’s removal from power and Italy’s armistice with the Allies. He was honored with Turkey's Supreme Service Medal as well as a special medal from Israel and recognized by Yad Vashem as "Righteous Gentile" (Hebrew: Hassid Umot ha'Olam‎) for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust along with Necdet Kent and Namık Kemal Yolga.[1]
  • Üzümcü, Ahmet (1951–). Career diplomat who was the ambassador to Israel, permanent representative to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament. Since 2010, he is director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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  • Yolga, Namık Kemal (1914–2001): was a Turkish diplomat and statesman, known as the Turkish Schindler. During World War II, Yolga was the Vice-Consul at the Turkish Embassy in Paris, France. His efforts to save the lives of Turkish Jews from the Nazi concentration camps earned him the title of "Turkish Schindler". He was honored with Turkey's Supreme Service Medal as well as a special medal from Israel for rescuing Jews during the [Holocaust along with Necdet Kent and Selâhattin Ülkümen.[1]

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See also

References
  1. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Turkey.html Jewish Virtual Library article
  2. Embassy website. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
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