List of ambassadors of Turkey to Australia explained

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

!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

• Australia–Turkey relations
• List of ambassadors of Australia to Turkey

Notes and References

1. Web site: T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Turkish Embassy In Canberra - Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz . 2023-05-06 . canberra.emb.mfa.gov.tr.
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. Web site: 2002-03-25 . Amity bank 1st Turkish cheque, kick off third well. . 2023-05-06 . www.energynewsbulletin.net . en.
5. Web site: TEPAV Ekibimiz N. Murat Ersavcı . 2023-05-06 . TEPAV . tr-tr.
6. Web site: Tatz . Colin . 2010-11-08 . Denial of an ugly past is holding Turkey back . 2023-05-06 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
7. Web site: Feneley . Rick . 2015-02-19 . Monuments to brutal truth, or to racial disharmony? Hard questions for multicultural NSW . 2023-05-06 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
8. Web site: O büyükelçi de sabıkalı çıktı - Yeni Akit . 2023-05-06 . www.yeniakit.com.tr . tr.
9. Web site: 2023-02-01 . AFIC hosts farewell dinner for Turkish Ambassador . 2023-05-06 . AMUST . en-AU.
10. Web site: 2023-02-07 . 'Tragedy of unprecedented scale': Turkish Canberrans call for support . 2023-05-06 . The Canberra Times . en-AU.