The Distinguished Service Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs () is civil award issued by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The award consists of a gold medal set and a certificate signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The legal basis of the award is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directive No. 155 dating from 14 November 1989.
Criteria The award is given to locals and foreigners who have demonstrated exceptional success in explaining Turkey in the world stage, in the successful implementation of its foreign policy, in the protection and development of its interests, and in the promotion of its history, language, culture and art. The award is also given to those who have done admirable services in other matters falling within the scope of the Ministry's duties and responsibilities.
Nomination and approval procedures Nominations for the Distinguished Service Award are normally initiated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, officials at deputy ministry or higher level who wish to recommend an individual or organization for this award may do so by submitting a memorandum of justification, cleared by the Director General, to the Ministry.
Recipients The following people and organizations have been awarded: Date Name Notes 1989 Dr. John P. McGovern American allergist and investor 1989 Feyyaz Tokar Turkish journalist 1989 Dieter Schmidt 1989 Pierre Dubois 1989 Nejat Seyfullah Taşhan 1989 İlhan Çevik 1989 Hanns Seidel Foundation 1990 Gunnar Jarring Swedish diplomat 1990 Robert Arzano 1991 Şarık Tara 1991 Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Turkish chemist and entrepreneur 1991 Prof. Dr. William Hale British scholar 1991 Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Soysal Turkish political scientist 1991 1991 Prof. Halil İnalcık 1991 Prof. Geoffrey Lewis British scholar 1997 Şakir Eczacıbaşı 1997 Prof. Anna Masala 1998 Wim Antoon Mateman 1998 Frederic Bennett 1998 Takashi Morinaga 1998 Toshiyuki Fujiwara 1999 Chinghiz Aitmatov Kyrgyz author 1999 Cha Hak Koo 1999 Syed Yusuf 1999 Albert de Vidas 2000 Prof. Dr. Talat Halman 2000 Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı Turkish paediatrician, 2001 Süleyman Demirel Former president of Turkey 2001 Necati Münir Ertegün Turkish cypriot jurist 2001 Turkish diplomats who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust Consul General Necdet Kent Consul General Selahattin Ülkümen Consul Namık Kemal Yolga They are mentioned with the then titles 2001 Those who have been wounded during their duty in the Ministry Ambassador Coşkun Kırca Ambassador Ambassador Doğan Türkmen Consul Kaya İnal Counsellor Yurtsev Mıhçıoğlu Counsellor Cavit Demir Counsellor Deniz Bölükbaşı First Secretary Hasan Servet Öktem Second Secretary Gökberk Ergenekon Atasay Mıhçıoğlu, son of Counsellor Yurtsev Mıhçıoğlu Attaché Hüseyin Kerimoğlu Attaché Tahsin Güvenç Sevil Özmen, spouse of attaché Galip Özmen Kaan Özmen, son of attaché Galip Özmen Attaché Nilgün Keçeci Driver Necati Kaya They are mentioned with the then titles 2001 Prof. Dusanka Lukaç 2001 Hugo Gobbi 2001 Prof. Pierre Oberling French Historian 2001 Prof. Kraus Kreiser 2001 Karl Grabbe 2001 Prof. Bosnian linguist 2001 Michele Nicolas 2001 Marthe Bernus-Taylor 2001 Annie Berthier 2001 Jacques Tobies 2001 Teresa Batesti 2001 Hubert Astier 2001 Béatrix Saule 2001 French archaeologist 2001 Nevin Menemencioğlu 2001 Henri Adam 2001 Hemachandra Wijeratne Sri Lankan diplomat 2001 Dr. Lee Si-Hyung 2001 Emile Noel 2001 David Levy Israeli politician 2001 Francisco Uribe Laso 2001 Nihat Boytüzün 2001 Alexendre Misk 2002 Ahmet Ertegün 2002 Elias Mendoza Habersberger 2002 Prof. Marc Waelkens 2002 Manas University 2002 Erik Cornell 2002 Sture Theolin 2002 Henrik Liljegren 2002 Mustafa Arhan 2002 Şeref Arhan 2002 Sabahattin Arhan 2002 Dr. Andrew Mango 2002 Prof. Turkish Cypriot historian 2002 Dr. Sachihiro Omura Japanese archaeologist 2002 Ahmet Çalık 2002 Erol Tabanca 2002 Prof. Manfred Korfmann German archeologist 2002 Edzard Reuter German businessperson 2002 Michael Ackermann 2002 Saduman Gürbüz 2002 Dr. Aydın Yurtçu 2002 Demir Delen 2002 Natalya Baranova 2002 Prof. Jean-Paul Roux French Turkologist 2002 Gökşin Sipahioğlu 2002 Dr. Demir Fırat Önger 2002 Jean Pierre Salvetat 2002 Sandra Fei 2002 Prof. Hungarian Turkologist 2002 Union of Jews from Türkiye in Israel 2002 Bruce Ruxton 2002 Vezhdi Rashidov 2002 Hans Christian Krüger 2002 Heinrich Klebes 2002 Otto von Habsburg 2002 Sim Jae-Duck South Korean congressman 2002 Nüzhen Önen 2002 Sevim Önen 2003 Dr. Elías Mendoza Habersperger 2003 Feni Atatürk High School in Dhaka 2005 Prof. Jaemahn Sulh 2005 Dr. Fatih Birol 2005 Prof. Dr. Erik-Jan Zürcher Dutch Turkologist 2005 Antony Burgmans 2006 Dr. Till Becker 13 March 2006 Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy 13 March 2006 Dr. Turkish historian 13 March 2006 Dr. Turkish art historian 2007 Prof. Japanese sociologist 7 April 2007 Prof. Dr. Turkish academic 2007 Prof. Spanish historian 2008 Ly Seppel Estonian poet 2009 Mehmet Aykut Eken 2009 Harry Blackley 2009 Mohammed Al-Wohaibi Omani Ambassador 2010 Prof. Norwegian Turkologist 2010 Abdulwahab Mahmoud Sheikh Saudi Arabian Consul General 18 December 2014 Nabil Maarouf Palestinian ambassador 27 December 2014 Muhammad Haroon Shaukat Pakistani ambassador 3 May 2016 Bonnie Joy Kaslan Honorary Consul General in San Francisco 4 October 2017 Secretary General of TURKSOY 5 October 2017 Irina Bokova Bulgarian Director-General of UNESCO 5 November 2017 Justin Rose English professional golfer 13 August 2018 Ömer Engin Lütem Turkish ambassador 13 August 2018 Turkish ambassador 13 August 2018 Ertuğrul Apakan Turkish ambassador 5 December 2018 Prof. Dr. Stanislav Stachowski Polish Turkologist 5 December 2018 Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Majda Polish Turkologist 18 May 2019 Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler Cuban historian 12 October 2020 Sami Kohen Turkish journalist 20 November 2020 Yeşim Meço Davutoğlu Turkish philanthropist
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Distinguished Service Award Ministry of Foreign Affairs