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.[1]

History

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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

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Heinrich von Keyserlingk-Rautenburg 1869 1872
Robert von Keudell 1872 1873
Karl von Werther 1874 1877
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss   1877 1878
Paul von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg   1878 1882
Joseph Maria von Radowitz   1882 1892
Prince Hugo von Radolin   1892 1894
Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch   1895 1897
Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein   1897 1912 [2]
Hans von Wangenheim   1912 1915 [3]
Paul Wolff Metternich   1915 1916
Richard von Kühlmann   1916 1917
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff   1917 1918
No diplomatic relations until 1924, protecting power representation: Sweden

Ambassadors of the German Empire to Turkey

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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

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German Embassy in Ankara (2015)
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

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1756: Establishment of diplomatic relations[4]

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

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References

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  1. ^ "German representations in Turkey". tuerkei.diplo.de. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Adolf von Marschall von Bieberstein | German statesman". www.britannica.com. Britannica. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ Bouris, Christos. "Wangenheim, Hans von". encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ^ Bringmann, Tobias C. (14 February 2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 320. ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9. Retrieved 25 January 2024.