The Embassy of Turkey in

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is the

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in the

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. There was an embassy of the

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in London dating from 1793; this was suspended in 1914 following the outbreak of the

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and replaced by the embassy of the new Republic of Turkey in 1924. From 1901-1954 the embassy was located at 69

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before moving to its current location; however this building was kept and is currently used as the Ambassador's Residence. The embassy is housed in one of a group of

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listed buildings at 38—48 Belgrave Square. Turkey also maintains a Consulate at Rutland Lodge, Rutland Gardens,

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History of The Mission

The

began sending its first resident representatives to Europe at the end of the 18th century in order to be informed about developments in Europe. The first of these ambassadors was Yusuf Agah Efendi, who was appointed to London in 1793. From this date on, there has always been a Turkish diplomatic mission in London. The only exception was the interruption of diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and England in 1914 due to

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. Following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923, diplomatic relations were revived on September 2, 1924. The areas of duty of the Embassy are the United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the Islands of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. There are two Consulates General (Edinburgh and London) serving under our Embassy in the United Kingdom. In addition, our Honorary Consulate serves in Belfast. Within our embassy, there are the Armed Forces Attaché, Justice Counselor, Press Counselor, Internal Affairs Counselor and Trade Counselor serving in the same building. In addition, the Religious Services Counselor, Education Counselor, Culture and Promotion Counselor and the Central Bank Representative Office serve in separate buildings. The Labor and Social Security Attaché in the embassy serves in the Consulate General building.

Important Events

* 1793: The first resident embassy of the

opens in London * 15 July 1840: The Convention of London was a

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with the title of ''Convention for the Pacification of the

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'', signed between

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and the

. * 12–23 July 1867: Sultan

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visits London * 13 March 1871: Treaty of London signed by

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, the

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, and

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* 1880: Anglo-Ottoman Convention was a treaty between

and the

. * 1901: The embassy moves from 1

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to 69

* 1914: Suspension of relations between the two countries due to

* 1924: The embassy of the

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resumes its activities in London * 1 August 1950: Turkey applies for membership in

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, which was headquartered in London at the time * 1954: The embassy chancellery moves to 43

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* 29 August 1955: The London Conference on Cyprus under British administration * 17 February 1959: The plane carrying

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, who was travelling to the United Kingdom for the London Conference, crashes near London * 19 February 1959:

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Signing of the London Agreement regarding the future of the island * 1-8 November 1967: Visits of

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Mr.

Cevdet Sunay Ahmet Cevdet Sunay (10 February 1899 – 22 May 1982) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the fifth president of Turkey from 1966 to 1973. Early life and career Sunay was born in 1899 in the village of Ataköy nea ...

to the United Kingdom * 12-15 November 1987: Visits of

Mr.

Kenan Evren Ahmet Kenan Evren (17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish military officer and dictator who served as the seventh president of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish cou ...

to the United Kingdom * 6-9 November 2010: Visits of

Mr.

Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister of Turkey, Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently s ...

to the United Kingdom (to receive the Chatham House award) * 20-24 November 2011: State visits of President Mr. Abdullah Gül to the United Kingdom * 30-31 March 2011: Visit of

Mr.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...

to the United Kingdom * 26-28 July 2012: Visit of Prime Minister Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the United Kingdom (to attend the opening ceremonies of the

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) * 4-5 September 2014:

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visits to the United Kingdom (to attend the NATO Wales Summit) * December 3-4, 2019: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visits to the United Kingdom (to attend the NATO London Summit)

Ambassadors

* Yusuf Agah Efendi (1793–1798) * İsmail Ferruh Efendi (1798–1801) * Argiropulos Efendi (1801–1806) * Sıdkı Efendi (1806–1810) * Antonaki Ramadani Efendi (1810–1811) * Jean de Mavroyeni (1811–1834) *

Mehmed Namık Pasha Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha (1804 – 1892) was an Ottoman statesman and military reformer, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern Ottoman Army. He served under five Sultans and acted as counsellor to at least four of th ...

(1834–1835) * Mehmed Nuri Efendi (1835–1836) *

Mustafa Reşid Pasha Mustafa Reşid Pasha (; literally ''Mustafa Reshid Pasha''; 13 March 1800 – 7 January 1858) was an Ottoman Turkish statesman and diplomat, known best as the chief architect behind the imperial Ottoman government reforms known as Tanzimat. ...

(1836–1837) * Ibrahim Sarim Pasha (1837–1838) *

Ahmed Fethi Pasha Ahmed Fethi Pasha (born 1801 in Rhodes – died 1858 in Constantinople), was an Ottoman marshal, ambassador and industrialist, who belonged to the Cretan Muslim community. Career Prior to becoming a Marshal, Ahmed served as ambassador to Russ ...

(Feb.1838 - Apr.1838) *

(1838–1839) * Mehmed Şekip Efendi (1840–1842) *

Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha Mehmed Emin Âlî Pasha, also spelled as Mehmed Emin Aali (5 March 1815 – 7 September 1871), commonly known as Ali Pasha, was a Turkish people, Turkish–Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman during the Tanzimat period, best known as the architec ...

(1842–1845) * Ibrahim Sarim Pasha (Jan 1845 – Dec. 1845) * Mehmed Şekip Efendi (1845–1846) * Alexandros Kallimachis (1846–1848) *

Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha ("Mehmed Emin Pasha the Cypriot"; 1813–1871) was an Ottoman civil servant and statesman of Turkish Cypriot origin, who served at the top post of Grand Vizier during three different times under the reign of the ...

(1849–1850) *

Konstantinos Mousouros Konstantinos Mousouros (, ; 1807–1891), also known as Kostaki Musurus Pasha, was an Ottoman Greek diplomatic official of the Ottoman Empire who served as ambassador to Greece, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Biography ...

(1851–1885) * Rüstem Mariani (1885–1895) * Constantine Anthopoulos (1896–1902) *

Stephanos Mousouros Stephanos Mousouros (1841–1906) was an Ottoman Greek diplomatic official of the Ottoman Empire, who served as ambassador to Italy and the United Kingdom, and was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1896 to 1899. Mousouros was the grandso ...

(1903–1907) * Mehmed Rifat Paşa (1907–1909) *

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (‎; 11 February 1843 – 8 October 1936), later Ahmet Tevfik Okday after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman diplomat and statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empir ...

(1909–1914) *

Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk Yusuf Kemal Bey (17 July 1878 – 15 April 1969) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and academic. His birth name was Yusuf Kemal. After the Turkish Surname Law in 1934, he assumed the surname Tengirşenk. Early life He was born in Boyabat ...

(11.01.1924 - 1.09.1924) *

Zekai Apaydın Zekai Apaydın (1884 – 29 April 1947) was a former Turkish civil servant, diplomat and politician. Early life He was born in 1884 in Bosnia, then a nominal part of the Ottoman Empire under Austrian rule. He graduated from the İzmir highscho ...

(10.09.1924 - 1.06.1925) *

Ahmet Ferit Tek Ahmet Ferit Tek (1877 – 25 November 1971) was an Ottoman-born Turkish military officer, academic, politician, government minister and diplomat. Early life Ahmet Ferit Tek was born to Mustafa Reşit, an accountant at the Ottoman Ministry of F ...

(1.06.1925 - 1.06.1932) *

Munir Ertegun Munir Ertegun ( Turkish spelling: Münir Ertegün; 1883 – 11 November 1944) was a Turkish legal counsel in international law to the "Sublime Porte" (imperial government) of the late Ottoman Empire and a diplomat of the Republic of Turkey dur ...

(22.07.1932 - 1.03.1934) *

Fethi Okyar Ali Fethi Okyar (29 April 1880 – 7 May 1943) was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–1925) a ...

(1.03.1934 - 1.01.1939) *

Tevfik Rüştü Aras Tevfik Rüştü Aras (11 February 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1923–1938). Early years Aras was born in 1883 in Çanakkale. He graduated from th ...

(1.01.1939 - 1.03.1942) *

Rauf Orbay Hüseyin Rauf Orbay (27 July 1881 – 16 July 1964) was a Turkish naval officer, statesman and diplomat of Abkhaz origin. During the Italo–Turkish and Balkan Wars he was known as the Hero of '' Hamidiye'' for his exploits as captain of the e ...

(23.03.1942 - 1.04.1944) *

Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın (1892–1959) was a Turkish linguist, politician, journalist, diplomat, author, and scholar of writer. He contributed to '' Süs'', a women's magazine, between 1923 and 1924. Ünaydın was a member of the commission that ...

(17.04.1944 - 8.11.1945) * Cevat Açıkalın (8.11.1945 - 1.03.1952) * Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur (3.03.1952 - 26.02.1955) *

Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (13 August 1903 – 26 December 1981) was a Turkish politician who served a brief term as Prime Minister of Turkey in 1965. He was also the last Prime Minister to be born outside the territory of present-day Turkey, be ...

(15.09.1955 - 1.05.1957) * Muharrem Nuri Birgi (1.06.1957 - 4.08.1960) *

Feridun Cemal Erkin Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980) was a Turkish diplomat and politician. He was the minister of foreign affairs between 1962 and 1965. He served as the ambassador of Turkey in various countries, including Italy, the United States of America, Spai ...

(29.08.1960 - 28.03.1962) * Kemal Kavur (1.10.1962 - 4.11.1963) *

Zeki Kuneralp Zeki Kuneralp (5 October 1914 – 26 July 1998) was a Turkish diplomat, who was brought up in exile in Switzerland after the murder of his father, Ali Kemal, during the Turkish War of Independence. After his education he returned to Turkey and, ...

(7.01.1964 - 4.07.1966) * Haluk Bayülken (14.07.1966 - 26.07.1969) *

(20.08.1969 - 27.10.1972) * Rıfat Turgut Menemencioğlu (30.11.1972 - 16.08.1978) * Vahap Aşiroğlu (2.10.1978 - 13.07.1981) * Rahmi Gümrükçüoğlu (20.07.1981 - 27.12.1988) * Nurver Nureş (15.01.1989 - 27.09.1991) * Candemir Önhon (30.09.1991 - 17.05.1995) *

Özdem Sanberk Özdem Sanberk (born 1 August 1938) is a retired Turkish diplomat. Sanberk was ambassador to the European Union from 1987 to 1991 and to the United Kingdom from 1995 to 2000. In 2010, he became director of the International Strategic Research Orga ...

(1.05.1995 - 1.03.2000) * Korkmaz Haktanır (1.04.2000 - 1.12.2002) * Akın Alptuna (1.02.2003 - 1.05.2007) * Mehmet Yiğit Alpogan (21.07.2007 - 26.06.2010) * Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz (15.07.2010 - 28.06.2014) * Abdurrahman Bilgiç (8.07.2014 - 26.09.2018) * Ümit Yalçın (27.09.2018 - 6.03.2023) * Osman Koray Ertaş (14.03.2023 - Till Today)

Gallery

File:Embassy_of_Turkey_in_London_2.jpg, Plaque above the entrance File:Embassy_of_Turkey_in_London_3.jpg, Plaque outside the embassy in

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and

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File:43 Belgrave Square.jpg, The embassy File:69 Portland Place, Marylebone, May 2023.jpg, The Ambassador's Residence on Portland Place

References

External links

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