The French Ambassador to Turkey is the successor post to the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
History The embassy, which was built from 1933 to 1939 and designed by architect Albert Laprade, is located in Ankara, in the Kavaklıdere neighborhood of district of Çankaya. The Palais de France in Istanbul is the seat of the former embassy until its transfer to Ankara in 1922. Today, it remains the residence of the ambassador when they are in Istanbul.
The land where the current embassy is located includes a plot proposed by the Turkish government in 1928, in response to a promise made to foreign countries in 1923 to find a site to host future diplomatic representations in Ankara and no longer in Istanbul. The plot offered to the French, too small, was enlarged the following year thanks to the purchase of adjacent land which belonged to the writer and diplomat Yakup Kadri. The building began to accommodate embassy staff in 1937.
The Salon des Fêtes, used for receptions in winter, features, among other things, Louis XV-style furniture and a tapestry by Charles Le Brun which depicts a meeting between Louis XIV and Philip IV of Spain.
List of ambassadors Ambassadors of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Republic to the Republic of Turkey. Embassy transferred to Ankara.
From Until Ambassadors 1925 1926 Albert Sarraut 1926 1928 Nosky Daeschner 1928 1933 Charles Pineton de Chambrun 1933 1936 Albert Kammerer 1936 1938 Henri Ponsot 1938 1940 René Massigli 1944 1948 Gaston Maugras 1948 1952 Jean Lescuyer 1952 1955 Jacques Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin 1955 1957 Jean-Paul Garnier 1957 1963 Henry Spitzmüller 1963 1965 Bernard Hardion 1965 1970 Gontran Begoügne de Juniac 1970 1973 Arnaud Wapler 1973 1977 Roger Vaurs 1977 1981 Emile Cazimajou 1981 1985 Fernand Rouillon 1985 1988 Philippe Louët 1988 1991 Eric Rouleau 1991 1996 François Dopffer 1996 1999 Daniel Lequertier 2000 2004 Jean-Claude Cousseran 2004 2007 Paul Poudade 2007 2011 Bernard Émié 2011 2015 Laurent Bili 2015 2020 Charles Fries 2020 2023 Hervé Magro 2023 – Isabelle Dumont
References
External links French embassy in Turkey French Ministry of Foreign Affairs