List of ambassadors of France to Turkey


France's Ambassador
to Turkey
Coat of Arms of French Republic
Incumbent
Isabelle Dumont
since 16 August 2023
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
French Embassy, Ankara
StyleHer Excellency
Inaugural holderJean de La Forêt
Formation1535
Websitehttps://tr.ambafrance.org

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.[1] 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[2]
1925 1926 Albert Sarraut
1926 1928 Nosky Daeschner
1928 1933 Charles Pineton de Chambrun[3]
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 [4]
2015 2020 Charles Fries [5]
2020 2023 Hervé Magro [6]
2023 – Isabelle Dumont [7]

References

  1. ^ "La France en Turquie". tr.ambafrance.org. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ambassadeurs de France depuis 1525". tr.ambafrance.org (in French). La France en Turquie. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ "PRINCESS MURAT WED TO DIPLOMAT; Widow of Prince Lucien Is Bride in Rome of Count Charles de Chambrun". The New York Times. 23 November 1934. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ Chambers, Francesca (30 May 2023). "France's new ambassador to the U.S. puts his flair on party diplomacy". USA TODAY. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ "French ambassador warned not to cross legs in Parliament". Turkish Minute. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Turkey summons French ambassador after Paris shooting". Al Jazeera. 26 Dec 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  7. ^ "France appoints first female ambassador to Turkiye". Middle East Monitor. August 21, 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

External links

  • (in French) French embassy in Turkey
  • French Ministry of Foreign Affairs