# List of ambassadors of the Netherlands to Turkey

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 | Observations | Prime Minister of Netherlands | Sultan |
| 1612 | 1639 | Cornelius Haga | Ambassador | Maurice, Prince of Orange | Ahmed I |
| 1639 | 1647 | Henrico Cops | Chargé d'affaires | Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange | Murad IV |
| 1647 | 1654 | Nikolo Ghijsbert | Chargé d'affaires | Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange | Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire |
| 1654 | 1665 | Levinus Warner | (1619-1665) Temsilci | Johan de Witt | Mehmed IV |
| 1665 | 1668 | François de Brosses | Geçici Temsilci | Johan de Witt | Mehmed IV |
| 1667 | 1667 | Joris Croock | Temsilci (Istanbul'a) Geboren, 28 dec 1631, Middelburg | Johan de Witt | Mehmed IV |
| 1668 | 1682 | Justinus Colyer | Ambassador | Johan de Witt | Mehmed IV |
| 1682 | 1725 | Jacobus Colyer | Ambassador | William III of England | Mehmed IV |
| 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 | Ahmed III |
| 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 | William V, Prince of Orange | Mustafa III |
| 1765 | 1768 | Willem Gerrit Dedel (1726 - 1768) | Büyükelçi (* 1726 1768) | States General of the Netherlands | Mustafa III |
| 1768 | 1776 | Friedrich Johan Robert von Weiler 1775 de Büyükelçi (* 1724-1776) | William V, Prince of Orange | | Mustafa III |
| 1776 | 1778 | Joost Frederik Tor | Chargé d'affaires | William V, Prince of Orange | Abdul Hamid I |
| 1778 | 1784 | Reinier van Haaften (1646-1733) Büyükelçi | | William V, Prince of Orange | Abdul Hamid I |
| 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 | Mahmud II |
| 1814 | 1825 | Gaspard Testa [nl] | Chargé d'affaires | William I of the Netherlands | Mahmud II |
| 1825 | 1829 | Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1781-1853) [nl] | Büyükelçi | William I of the Netherlands | Mahmud II |
| 1829 | 1846 | Baron Gaspard Testa [nl] | 1843 te Büyükelçi | William I of the Netherlands | Mahmud II |
| 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) | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Abdülmecid I |
| 1860 | 1862 | Henri Charles du Bois | Minister Plenipotentiary | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Abdülmecid I |
| 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 | | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | Abdulaziz |
| 1872 | 1877 | Maurice Jean Louis Jacques Henri Antoine Heldewier | (*1829-1880) Minister Resident | Gerrit de Vries (politician) | Abdulaziz |
| 1878 | 1881 | Lodewijk Arend Helias van Ittersum | Minister Resident | Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1881 | 1882 | Leonard Henri Ruyssenaers | Chargé d'affaires | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1882 | 1884 | Rudolf August Alexander Eduard von Pestel | (1838-1923) Minister Resident | Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1884 | 1893 | Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan [nl] | Mister Resident until 1890 Minister Plenipotentiary | Jan Heemskerk | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1893 | 1899 | Othon Daniel van der Staal van Piershil | (1853-1937) Minister Plenipotentiary | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1899 | 1904 | Willem Ferdinand Henry von Weckherlin | (* 1842 † 1906) in 1882 he was Dutch Ambassador to the United States. | Nicolaas Pierson | Abdul Hamid II |
| 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 | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1904 | 1907 | Dmitry Louis graaf van Balandt | Minister Plenipotentiary | Abraham Kuyper | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1907 | 1909 | Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum | Chargé d'affaires | Theo de Meester | Abdul Hamid II |
| 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 | Hendrikus Colijn | İsmet İnönü |
| 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) | Willem Drees | Adnan Menderes |
| 1958 | 1964 | Herman Hagenaar | | Louis Beel | Adnan Menderes |
| 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 | 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. From 1965 to 1968 he was Chargé d'affaires in Saigon (South Vietnam). In 1980 he was ambassador in Bangkok (Thailand) when the government in Hanoi had given its agrément to his accredicion to Hanoi, Derksen unexpectedly died on July 21, 1980 | Joop den Uyl | Süleyman Demirel |
| 1980 | 1984 | Hugo Christiaan Georg Carsten | (* June 2, 1926 in Stockholm) | Dries van Agt | Bülent Ulusu |
| 1984 | 1986 | Peter Cornelis Nieman | (1930-2005) | Ruud Lubbers | Turgut Özal |
| 1986 | 1989 | Ben Bot | | Ruud Lubbers | Turgut Özal |
| 1989 | 1993 | Jan Tonny Warmenhoven | (*October 20, 1932 te Soemenep) 1986 to 1989 he was ambassador in Algiers | Ruud Lubbers | Yıldırım Akbulut |
| 1993 | 1995 | Jan Nepomuk Josef Bedrich Horák | (*September 15, 1966) | Ruud Lubbers | Tansu Çiller |
| 1996 | 1999 | Nikolaos van Dam | | Wim Kok | Necmettin Erbakan |
| April 15, 1999 | 2005 | Sjoerd Izaak Hendrik Gosses | | Wim Kok | 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 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| 2015 | 2017 | Cornelis van Rij | | Mark Rutte Dick Schoof | Binali Yıldırım |
| 2018 | 2022 | Marjanne de Kwaasteniet | | Mark Rutte Dick Schoof | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| 2022 | Incumbent | Joep Wijnands | | Mark Rutte Dick Schoof | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
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