The

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

has maintained many high level contacts with

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

since the 19th century.

Ottoman Empire

Chargé d'Affaires

George W. Erving George William Erving (1769July 22, 1850) was an American diplomat from colonial Boston. He was U.S. Consul in London, from 1801 to 1804. He was ''Chargé d'Affaires'' of the United States in Madrid from 1804 to 1809, Special Negotiator to Copenh ...

(before 1831) * David Porter (September 13, 1831 – May 23, 1840)

Minister Resident

* David Porter (May 23, 1840 – March 3, 1843) * Dabney Smith Carr (February 29, 1844 – October 20, 1849) *

George Perkins Marsh George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and by recognizing the irreversible impact of man's actions on the earth, a precursor to the ...

(March 11, 1850 – December 19, 1853) *

Carroll Spence Carroll may refer to: People * Carroll (given name) * Carroll (surname) * O'Carroll, also known as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Mac Cearbhaill, anglicised as Carroll, a Gaelic Irish clan * Charles Carroll Webster (1824-1893), American lawyer an ...

(February 9, 1854 – December 12, 1857) * James Williams (May 27, 1858 – May 25, 1861) *

Edward Joy Morris Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Univer ...

(October 22, 1861 – October 25, 1870) *

Wayne MacVeagh Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (April 19, 1833January 11, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as the 36th Attorney General of the United States under the administrations of Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. ...

(October 25, 1870 – June 10, 1871) * George H. Boker (March 25, 1872 – May 1, 1875) *

Horace Maynard Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Cong ...

(June 12, 1875 – July 15, 1880) *

James Longstreet James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps ...

(December 14, 1880 – April 29, 1881) *

Lewis Wallace Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is ...

(September 6, 1881 – September 4, 1882)

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

(September 4, 1882 – May 15, 1885) *

Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the ...

(August 25, 1885 – September 14, 1886) *

Oscar S. Straus Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23, 1850 – May 3, 1926) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909, making him the first Jewish United ...

(July 1, 1887 – June 16, 1889) *

Solomon Hirsch Solomon Hirsch (March 25, 1839 – December 15, 1902) was a businessman and United States politician from the state of Oregon. He was one of the leaders of Portland's early Jewish community. Biography With Jacob Mayer and , Hirsch was one of th ...

(December 28, 1889 – June 16, 1892) *

David P. Thompson David Preston Thompson (November 8, 1834 – December 14, 1901) was an American businessman and politician in the Pacific Northwest. He was governor of the Idaho Territory from 1875 to 1876. A native of Ohio, he immigrated to the Oregon Territor ...

(January 11, 1893 – May 1, 1893) *

Alexander W. Terrell Alexander Watkins Terrell (November 23, 1827 – September 9, 1912) was an American lawyer, judge, planter, Confederate officer, and diplomat. He served as the U. S. Envoy to the Ottoman Empire and a Confederate military officer. He helped pass ...

(July 7, 1893 – June 15, 1897) *

James Burrill Angell James Burrill Angell (January 7, 1829 – April 1, 1916) was an American educator and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan, from 1871 to 1909. He represented the transition from sma ...

(September 3, 1897 – August 13, 1898) *

(October 15, 1898 – December 20, 1899) *

John G. A. Leishman John George Alexander Leishman (March 28, 1857 – March 27, 1924) was an American businessman and diplomat. He worked in various executive positions at Carnegie Steel Company and later served as an ambassador for the United States. Early life ...

(March 29, 1901 – October 5, 1906)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

(October 5, 1906 – June 10, 1909) *

(October 4, 1909 – September 3, 1910) *

William Woodville Rockhill William Woodville Rockhill (April 1, 1854 – December 8, 1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Tibetan, and one of the West's leading exper ...

(August 28, 1911 – November 20, 1913) *

Henry Morgenthau, Sr. Henry Morgenthau (; April 26, 1856 – November 25, 1946) was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the United States Ambassador to Turkey, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Morgenthau was on ...

(December 11, 1913 – February 1, 1916) * Abram I. Elkus (October 2, 1916 – April 20, 1917) The Ottoman Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 20, 1917, after the United States declared war against Germany on April 4, 1917. Normal diplomatic relations were re-established with the Empire's successor state, Turkey, in 1927.

Republic of Turkey

Joseph Grew Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and U.S. Foreign Service, Foreign Service officer. He is best known as the ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1941 and as a high official in the State Department in W ...

(October 12, 1927 – March 13, 1932) * Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (May 20, 1932 – March 23, 1933) *

Robert Peet Skinner Robert Peet Skinner (February 24, 1866 – July 1, 1960) was an American diplomat, editor, and publisher. Biography Skinner was born in Massillon, Ohio on February 24, 1866 to August T. Skinner and Cecelia van Rensselaer. At the age of 19, he bec ...

(October 16, 1933 – January 16, 1936) *

John Van Antwerp MacMurray John Van Antwerp MacMurray (October 6, 1881 – September 25, 1960) was an American attorney, author and diplomat best known as one of the leading China experts in the U.S. government. He served as Assistant Secretary of State from November 192 ...

(March 16, 1936 – November 28, 1941) *

Laurence A. Steinhardt Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (October 6, 1892 – March 28, 1950) was an American economist, lawyer, and senior diplomat of the United States Department of State who served as U.S. Ambassador to six countries. He served as U.S. First Minister to Sw ...

(March 10, 1942 – April 2, 1945) *

Edwin C. Wilson The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...

(June 11, 1945 – August 20, 1948) * George Wadsworth (October 1, 1948 – January 2, 1952) *

George C. McGhee George Crews McGhee (March 10, 1912 – July 4, 2005) was an oilman and a career diplomat in the United States foreign service. Early life McGhee was born on March 10, 1912, in Waco, Texas, the son of a Waco banker. He studied at the Universit ...

(January 15, 1952 – June 19, 1953) * Avra M. Warren (September 17, 1953 – February 17, 1956) *

Fletcher Warren Fletcher may refer to: People * Fletcher (occupation), a person who fletches arrows, the origin of the surname * Fletcher (singer) (born 1994), American actress and singer-songwriter * Fletcher (surname) * Fletcher (given name) Places United S ...

(June 13, 1956 – November 15, 1960) *

Raymond A. Hare Raymond Arthur Hare (April 3, 1901 – February 9, 1994) was a United States diplomat who was Director General of the United States Foreign Service from 1954 to 1956 and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 19 ...

(April 5, 1961 – August 27, 1965) * Parker T. Hart (October 11, 1965 – October 3, 1968) *

Robert Komer Robert William "Blowtorch Bob" Komer (February 23, 1922 – April 9, 2000) was an American national security adviser known for managing Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support during the Vietnam War. Early life and education Born ...

(December 3, 1968 – May 7, 1969) * William J. Handley (July 1, 1969 – April 19, 1973) * William B. Macomber, Jr. (May 16, 1973 – June 15, 1977) *

Ronald I. Spiers Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers (July 9, 1925 – June 24, 2021) was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and military career Spiers was born in Orange, New Jersey in July 1925 but ...

(July 12, 1977 – January 11, 1980) *

James W. Spain James William Spain (July 22, 1926 – January 2, 2008) was in the US Foreign Service with postings in Karachi, Islamabad, Istanbul, Ankara, Dar Es Salaam, and Colombo and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as de ...

(February 26, 1980 – August 16, 1981) *

Robert Strausz-Hupé Robert Strausz-Hupé (March 25, 1903 – February 24, 2002) was an Austrian-born American diplomat and geopolitical theorist. Life and career Born in 1903 in Austria, Strausz-Hupé immigrated to the United States in 1923. Serving as an advisor ...

(September 7, 1981 – May 18, 1989) *

Morton I. Abramowitz Morton Isaac Abramowitz (born January 20, 1933) is an American diplomat and former U.S. State Department official. Starting his overseas career in Taipei, Taiwan after joining the foreign service, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Tur ...

(August 1, 1989 – July 25, 1991) *

Richard Clark Barkley Richard Clark Barkley (December 23, 1932 – January 30, 2015) was a United States diplomat. From December 1988 until October 1990, he was the last United States Ambassador to East Germany. After that, from 1991 to 1994, he was the United States A ...

(November 8, 1991 – December 15, 1994) *

Marc Grossman Marc Isaiah Grossman (born September 23, 1951) is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Politica ...

(January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997) *

Mark Robert Parris Mark Robert Parris (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 22, 1950, died in 2019) was an American diplomat, political advisor, and government official who served as Ambassador to Turkey from 1997 to 2000. Career Parris entered the Foreign ...

(November 12, 1997 – September 8, 2000) *

W. Robert Pearson W. Robert Pearson (born 1943) is a former Foreign Service Officer who served as United States Ambassador to Turkey (2000–2003) and later as Director of Human Resources in the Foreign Service until his retirement in 2006. He became the fourth Pre ...

(September 21, 2000 – July 23, 2003) *

Eric S. Edelman Eric Steven Edelman (born October 27, 1951) is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005–2009), U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003–2005), U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland (1998–2001), and Princip ...

(August 29, 2003 – June 19, 2005) * Ross Wilson (December 8, 2005 – August 9, 2008) *

James Franklin Jeffrey James Franklin Jeffrey (born February 8, 1946) is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL. He ha ...

(December 3, 2008 – July 31, 2010) *

Francis J. Ricciardone Francis Joseph Ricciardone Jr. (born 1952) is a former President of the American University in Cairo. Ambassador Ricciardone was the United States ambassador to Turkey between 2011 and 2014. Previously he was Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embas ...

(January 28, 2011 – July 8, 2014) * Jess L. Baily (July 9, 2014 – September 8, 2014) *

John R. Bass John Rodney Bass II (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the Under Secretary of State for Management since December 2021. He was the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017 to 2020, the United States Ambassador to Turk ...

(October 20, 2014 – October 15, 2017) * David M. Satterfield (August 28, 2019 – January 7, 2022) *

Jeff Flake Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and diplomat who is the current U.S Ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party, Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and ...

(January 26, 2022 – present)

Gallery

File:David Porter.jpg, David Porter, Chargé d'Affaires (1831–1839) File:US Attorney General MacVeagh.jpg,

, Minister Resident (1870–1871) File:James Longstreet.jpg,

, Minister Resident (1880–1881) File:SSCox.jpg,

, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1885–1886) File:James Burrill Angell 1897.jpg,

James B. Angell James Burrill Angell (January 7, 1829 – April 1, 1916) was an American educator and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan, from 1871 to 1909. He represented the transition from sma ...

, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1897–1898) File:Oscar Solomon Straus 1.jpg,

, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1909–1910) File:JosephGrew.jpg,

, Ambassador (1927–1932) File:Laurence Steinhardt.jpg,

, Ambassador (1941–1945) File:Ross Wilson - ambassador.jpg, Ross Wilson, Ambassador (2005–2008) File:Jeffry L. Flake, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey.jpg,

, current Ambassador (2022–present)