List of ambassadors of Germany to Turkey

List of German ambassadors in Turkey contains the envoys and ambassadors of the German Empire and the Federal Republic of Germany in the Ottoman Empire (until 1918) and in Turkey (from 1924). The seat of the legation or embassy was originally Istanbul, but since 1928 it has been in Ankara.

History The following lists diplomats from the founding of the German Empire (1871), although individual German countries had been sending diplomatic representatives to the Bosporus or Asia Minor for significantly longer. Since the early 16th century, the Roman-German emperors maintained a permanent imperial embassy at the Sublime Porte; other German states mostly maintained agencies or consulates that were gradually declared to be accredited legations, such as: Saxony (from 1712), Prussia (from 1756) or the Free Hanseatic Cities (from 1841).

Due to World War I and World War II, there were no diplomatic relations between 1918 and 1924 and between 1944 and 1952. The official rank and title of Germany's highest-ranking representative was from 1871 to 1895 and from 1924 to 1933: "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary."

Ambassadors of the German Empire to the Ottoman Empire Name Image Term Start Term End NotesHeinrich von Keyserlingk-Rautenburg18691872Robert von Keudell18721873Karl von Werther 18741877Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss18771878Paul von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg18781882Joseph Maria von Radowitz18821892Prince Hugo von Radolin18921894Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch18951897Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein18971912Hans von Wangenheim19121915Paul Wolff Metternich19151916Richard von Kühlmann19161917Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff19171918 No diplomatic relations until 1924, protecting power representation: Sweden

Ambassadors of the German Empire to Turkey Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Rudolf Nadolny 1924 1933 In Istanbul until 1928 Frederic von Rosenberg 1933 1935 Friedrich von Keller 1935 1938 Franz von Papen 1939 1944

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany to Turkey

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes No diplomatic relations until 1952, protecting power representation: Switzerland Wilhelm Haas 1952 1956 Fritz Oellers 1956–1959 Georg von Broich-Oppert 1959 1962 Gebhardt von Walther 1962 1966 Horst Groepper 1966 1968 Rudolf Thierfelder 1968 1970 Gustav Adolf Sonnenhol 1971 1977 Ulrich Sahm 1977 1979 Dirk Oncken 1979 1984 Georg Negwer 1984 1988 Ekkehard Eickhoff 1988 1992 Jürgen Oesterhelt 1992 1995 Hans-Joachim Vergau 1995 2000 Rudolf Schmidt 2000 2003 Wolf-Ruthart Born 2003 2006 Eckart Cuntz 2006 2011 Eberhard Pohl 2011 2015 Martin Erdmann 2015 2020 Jürgen Schulz 2020 Present

List of Prussian envoys to the Ottoman Empire 1756: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Karl Adolf von Rexin 1756 1765 Ludwig Senfft von Pilsach 1806 1807 Not accredited Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther 1810 1812 Michele Bosgiovich 1812 1815 Adam Friedrich Senfft von Pilsach 1815 1817 Friedrich Heinrich Leopold von Schladen 1817 1823 Alexander von Miltitz 1823 1828 Karl Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz 1828 1829 Camille von Royer-Lühnes 1828 1830 Friedrich von Martens 1831 1835 Hans Karl Albrecht von Königsmarck 1835 1842 Emil Gustav von Le Coq 1842 1847 Vacant 1847 1850 Albert von Pourtalès 1850 1852 Louis von Wildenbruch 1852 1857 Robert Heinrich Ludwig von der Goltz 1859 1862 Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade 1862 1869 From 1867: Ambassador of the North German Confederation, from 1871: Ambassador of the German Empire

See also List of ambassadors of Turkey to Germany German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship Germany–Turkey relations

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