Consulate-General of Turkey in Amsterdam

The Embassy of Turkey in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

is the chief

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of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

in the

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Background

The current Turkish Ambassador to the Netherlands is Selçuk Ünal. Outside The Hague, there is also Turkish Consulate Generals in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

, and

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where the senior officer is known as the Consul-General. As the Turks are the largest minority in the Netherlands, the four Turkish diplomatic missions in the country serve for various causes. The seat of the ambassador was first held by Yahya Karaca Paşa on 28 December 1859. Since then, diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

was held through the embassy until when the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1922 and made its way to its successor state, the Republic of Turkey. On 12 October 1979, the son of the then incumbent Turkish ambassador

Ahmet Benler Ahmet Benler was the son of Özdemir Benler, the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands. He was assassinated on October 12, 1979, in The Hague. The responsibility for his assassination was claimed separately by ASALA and JCAG. Twenty-seven-year ...

was assassinated by gunmen on his way to school in

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