United States Ambassador to Turkey

Ambassador of the United States to Turkey
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent John R. Bass since October 1, 2014
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	George W. Erving as Chargé d'Affaires
Formation	1831
Website	U.S. Embassy - Ankara

The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century.

Ottoman Empire

Chargé d'Affaires

• George W. Erving (pre-1831)
• David Porter (1831–1839)

Minister Resident

• David Porter (1839–1843)
• Dabney Smith Carr (1843–1849)
• George Perkins Marsh (1849–1853)
• Carroll Spence (1853–1857)
• James Williams (1858–1861)
• Edward Joy Morris (1861–1870)
• Wayne MacVeagh (1870–1871)
• George H. Boker (1871–1875)
• Horace Maynard (1875–1880)
• James Longstreet (1880–1881)

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• Lewis Wallace (1881–1885)
• Samuel S. Cox (1885–1886)
• Oscar S. Straus (1887–1889)
• Solomon Hirsch (1889–1892)^[1]
• David P. Thompson (1892–1893)
• Alexander W. Terrell (1893–1897)
• James Burrill Angell (1897–1898)
• Oscar S. Straus (1898–1899)
• John G. A. Leishman (1899–1901)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• John G. A. Leishman (1901–1909)
• Oscar S. Straus (1909–1910)
• William Woodville Rockhill (1909–1913)
• Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (1913–1916)
• Abram I. Elkus (1916–1917)

The Ottoman Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 20, 1917, after the United States declared war against Germany on April 4, 1917. Normal diplomatic relations were reestablished with the Empire's successor state, Turkey, in 1927.^[2]

Republic of Turkey

• Joseph Grew (1927–1932)
• Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1932–1933)
• Robert Peet Skinner (1933–1936)
• John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1936–1941)
• Laurence A. Steinhardt (1941–1945)
• Edwin C. Wilson (1945–1948)
• George Wadsworth (1948–1952)
• George C. McGhee (1952–1953)
• Avra M. Warren (1953–1956)
• Fletcher Warren (1956–1960)
• Raymond A. Hare (1960–1965)
• Parker T. Hart (1965–1968)
• Robert Komer (1968–1969)
• William J. Handley (1969–1973)
• William B. Macomber, Jr. (1973–1977)
• Ronald I. Spiers (1977–1980)
• James W. Spain (1980–1981)
• Robert Strausz-Hupe (1981–1989)
• Morton I. Abramowitz (1989–1991)
• Richard Clark Barkley (1991–1994)
• Marc Grossman (1994–1997)
• Mark Robert Parris (1997–2000)
• W. Robert Pearson (2000–2003)
• Eric S. Edelman (2003–2005)
• Ross Wilson (2005–2008)
• James Franklin Jeffrey (2008–2010)
• Francis J. Ricciardone (2011–2014)
• John R. Bass (2014–present)

Gallery

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  David Porter, Chargé d'Affaires (1831–1839)

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  Wayne MacVeagh, Minister Resident (1870–1871)

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  James Longstreet, Minister Resident (1880–1881)

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  Samuel S. Cox, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1885–1886)

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  Oscar S. Straus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1909–1910)

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  Joseph Grew, Ambassador (1927–1932)

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  Laurence A. Steinhardt, Ambassador (1941–1945)

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  Ross Wilson, Ambassador (2005–2008)

See also

• Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C.
• Turkey–United States relations
• Foreign relations of Turkey
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

1. "President Benjamin Harrison Names Solomon Hirsch Minister to Turkey". Shapell Manuscript Collection. Shapell Manuscript Foundation.
2. "Turkey". Diplomatic History of the United States. U. S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Turkey
•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Turkey
• United States Department of State: Turkey
• United States Embassy in Ankara
• President Benjamin Harrison Appointments: Solomon Hirsch Minister to Turkey Shapell Manuscript Foundation