List of ambassadors of the Netherlands to Turkey

Ambassador of Kingdom of the Netherlands to Turkey
Embassy of the Netherlands, Ankara
Incumbent
Joep Wijnands
since 2022
Inaugural holderCornelius Haga
Formation1612

The Dutch ambassador in Ankara is the official representative of the Government in The Hague to the Government of Turkey.

History

  • During the Ottoman Empire the envoys where next the Sublime Porte, the central government in Istanbul. Ottoman Empire was succeeded by Turkey and the capital was moved from İstanbul to Ankara. The title of the head of the state during the Ottoman times was Sultan. In the following list Sultans (Ottoman era) and Prime ministers (Turkish Republic era) are shown.(Turkish Republic was officially proclaimed in 1923)

List of representatives

Ottoman Empire

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation Term end Ambassador Picture Observations Prime Minister of Netherlands Sultan
1612 1639 Cornelius Haga Ambassador Maurice, Prince of Orange Ahmed I
1639 1647 Henrico Cops Chargé d'affaires[1] Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Murad IV
1647 1654 Nikolo Ghijsbert Chargé d'affaires Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire
1654 1665 Levinus Warner (1619-1665) Temsilci Johan de Witt Mehmed IV
1665 1668 François de Brosses Geçici Temsilci[2]
1667 1667 Joris Croock Temsilci (Istanbul'a) Geboren, 28 dec 1631, Middelburg[3]
1668 1682 Justinus Colyer Ambassador
1682 1725 Jacobus Colyer Ambassador William III of England
1692 1694 Coenraad van Heemskerck [pl] William III of England Ahmed II
1725 1727 Bastiaan Fagel Chargé d'affaires States General of the Netherlands Ahmed III
1727 1744 Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764) [nl] States General of the Netherlands
1747 1763 Elbert baron de Hochepied Büyükelçi (*6. Januar 1706 in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkije, d. at Pera, II Feb. 1763,) son of Daniël Johan Baron de Hochepied und Clara Catharina William IV, Prince of Orange Mahmud I
1763 1764 Mathias van Asten (1699 - 1718) Geçici vekil William V, Prince of Orange Mustafa III
1764 1765 Conrad Godard Nicolas Schutz Geçici vekil[4]
1765 1768 Willem Gerrit Dedel (1726 - 1768) Büyükelçi (* 1726 1768) States General of the Netherlands
1768 1776 Friedrich Johan Robert von Weiler
1775 de Büyükelçi (* 1724-1776) 		William V, Prince of Orange
1776 1778 Joost Frederik Tor Chargé d'affaires[5] William V, Prince of Orange Abdul Hamid I
1778 1784 Reinier van Haaften
(1646-1733) Büyükelçi 		William V, Prince of Orange
1764 1785 George Ferdinand Kroll Chargé d'affaires William V, Prince of Orange Mustafa III
1785 1808 Frederik Gijsbert baron van Dedem van de Gelder
(1743-1820) Büyükelçi 		William V, Prince of Orange Abdul Hamid I
1808 1810 Gaspard Testa [nl] (1770-1847) Chargé d'affaires Louis Bonaparte Mahmud II
1810 1814 French occupation period Napoléon Louis Bonaparte
1814 1825 Gaspard Testa [nl] Chargé d'affaires William I of the Netherlands
1825 1829 Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1781-1853) [nl] Büyükelçi
1829 1846 Baron Gaspard Testa [nl] 1843 te Büyükelçi
1846 1854 Baron Nicolaas Willem Mollerus Mulim elçi William II of the Netherlands Abdülmecid I
1855 1860 Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan graaf van Zuylen van Nijevelt 1856 da Mulim elçi (1819-1894)[6] Floris Adriaan van Hall
1860 1862 Henri Charles du Bois Minister Plenipotentiary Floris Adriaan van Hall
1863 1865 Charles Malcolm Ernest George Graaf van Bylandt Minister Plenipotentiary was born on June 28, 1818, in Brussel, son of Willem Frederik Graaf van Bylandt and Mary Christiane Hughes Johan Rudolf Thorbecke Abdulaziz
1865 1871 Otto Willem Johan Berg van Middelburgh
1872 1877 Maurice Jean Louis Jacques Henri Antoine Heldewier (*1829-1880) Minister Resident[7] Gerrit de Vries (politician)
1878 1881 Lodewijk Arend Helias van Ittersum Minister Resident[8] Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello Abdul Hamid II
1881 1882 Leonard Henri Ruyssenaers Chargé d'affaires[9] Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg
1882 1884 Rudolf August Alexander Eduard von Pestel (1838-1923) Minister Resident
1884 1893 Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan [nl] Mister Resident until 1890 Minister Plenipotentiary Jan Heemskerk
1893 1899 Othon Daniel van der Staal van Piershil (1853-1937) Minister Plenipotentiary Gijsbert van Tienhoven
1899 1904 Willem Ferdinand Henry von Weckherlin (* 1842 † 1906) Nicolaas Pierson
1904 1904 Jan Constantijn Nicolaas van Eys Chargé d'affaires (* 13 Dec. 1856 5 April 1883 te The Hague) son of Theodorus Hendrik, — Abraham Kuyper
1904 1907 Dmitry Louis graaf van Balandt Minister Plenipotentiary Abraham Kuyper
1907 1909 Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum Chargé d'affaires Theo de Meester
1909 1919 Joseph van der Does de Willebois [nl] Minister Plenipotentiary Theo Heemskerk Mehmed V
1919 1931 Willem Bernard Reinier van Welderen Rengers Minister Plenipotentiary (1865-1930) Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Mehmed VI

Turkish Republic

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation Term end Ambassador Observations Prime Minister of Netherlands Prime Minister of Turkey (1920-2018)
President of Turkey
1931 1933 Jan Dirk van Ketwich Verschuur (1939-1988) [nl] Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck İsmet İnönü
1933 1937 Binnert Philip van Harinxma thoe Slooten (1893—1969) Chargé d'affaires[10] Hendrikus Colijn
1938 1944 Philips Visser [nl] Hendrikus Colijn Celâl Bayar
1945 1951 Wilhelmus Aloisius Augustinus Maria Daniëls Willem Schermerhorn Şükrü Saracoğlu
1951 1954 Willem Huender (b. 1900 - d. 1963) Willem Drees Adnan Menderes
1955 1958 Mathieu Marie Léon Savelberg (* May 2, 1900 in Maastricht)
1958 1964 Herman Hagenaar Louis Beel
1964 1970 Age Robert Tammenoms Bakker *From 1970 to 1975 he was ambassador in Moscow. Victor Marijnen İsmet İnönü
1970 1972 Herman Henry Dingemans Piet de Jong Süleyman Demirel
1973 1975 Coenraad Theodoor Rolf van Baarda (* April 24, 1916 December 7, 2003) ambassador in Tunis[11] Joop den Uyl Mehmet Naim Talu
1976 1980 Jacobus Johannes Derksen Koos Derksen (1922-July 21, 1980) Jacobus Johannes Derksen came close to representing the Netherlands in Vietnam twice in the course of his diplomatic career. Süleyman Demirel
1980 1984 Hugo Christiaan Georg Carsten (* June 2, 1926 in Stockholm)[13] Dries van Agt Bülent Ulusu
1984 1986 Peter Cornelis Nieman (1930-2005) Ruud Lubbers Turgut Özal
1986 1989 Ben Bot
1989 1993 Jan Tonny Warmenhoven (*October 20, 1932 te Soemenep) 1986 to 1989 he was ambassador in Algiers Yıldırım Akbulut
1993 1995 Jan Nepomuk Josef Bedrich Horák (*September 15, 1966) Tansu Çiller
1996 1999 Nikolaos van Dam Wim Kok Necmettin Erbakan
April 15, 1999 2005 Sjoerd Izaak Hendrik Gosses Bülent Ecevit
2005 2009 Marcel Kurpershoek [nl] Jan Peter Balkenende Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2009 2013 Jan Paul Dirkse Jan Peter Balkenende Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2013 2015 Ronald Keller Mark Rutte
Dick Schoof
2015 2017 Cornelis van Rij Binali Yıldırım
2018 2022 Marjanne de Kwaasteniet Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2022 Incumbent Joep Wijnands

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See also

References

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