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List of ambassadors of Turkey to Australia

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The ambassador of Turkey to Australia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Republic of Turkey to the prime minister and government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

List of ambassadors

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Ambassador Term Start Term End Ref.
Baha Vefa Karatay 15 March 1967 7 November 1968 [1]
Mehmet Baydur 17 December 1968 6 November 1972
Hikmet Bensan 30 December 1972 29 July 1978
Hasan Üner 1 August 1978 29 July 1981
Faruk Şahinbaş 20 August 1981 3 March 1991
Ergün Pelit 31 March 1988 5 December 1991
Orhan Aka 16 December 1991 30 May 1995
Bilal Niyazi Şimşir 13 June 1995 18 March 1998 [2]
Umut Arık 23 April 1998 25 September 2001 [3]
M. Tansu Okandan 1 October 2001 5 January 2006 [4]
N. Murat Ersavcı 16 January 2006 12 October 2009 [5]
Oğuz Özge 22 October 2009 1 July 2012 [6]
Reha Keskintepe 1 July 2012 31 July 2015 [7]
Vakur Gökdenizler 30 September 2015 9 January 2019 [8]
Korhan Karakoç 15 January 2019 24 January 2023 [9]
Ufuk Gezer 26 January 2023 Present [10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Turkish Embassy In Canberra - Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz". canberra.emb.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  2. ^ Şimşir, Bilâl N., Ermeni Meselesi 1774-2005, 6. Baskı, Ankara-2013, Bilgi Yayınevi
  3. ^ Arik, Umut. "CURRICULUM VITAE OF AMBASSADOR UMUT ARIK.doc". Umut Arik.
  4. ^ "Amity bank 1st Turkish cheque, kick off third well". www.energynewsbulletin.net. 2002-03-25. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  5. ^ "TEPAV | Ekibimiz | N. Murat Ersavcı". TEPAV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  6. ^ Tatz, Colin (2010-11-08). "Denial of an ugly past is holding Turkey back". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  7. ^ Feneley, Rick (2015-02-19). "Monuments to brutal truth, or to racial disharmony? Hard questions for multicultural NSW". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  8. ^ "O büyükelçi de sabıkalı çıktı - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  9. ^ "AFIC hosts farewell dinner for Turkish Ambassador". AMUST. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  10. ^ "'Tragedy of unprecedented scale': Turkish Canberrans call for support". The Canberra Times. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-05-06.