# List of ambassadors of Turkey to Austria

The Turkish Ambassador to Austria has their residence in Vienna.

## History

* Approach of the Ottoman envoy Yanko Mavroyannis via Josefsplatz on August 6, 1835 Watercolors drawing of Balthasar Wigand (1771–1846)On September 2, 1686 in the Battle of Buda (1686) troops of the Holy League (1684) conquered the fortress of Buda. On September 27, 1688 Jacques Henri de Durfort de Duras besieged the fortress of Philippsburg with 30,000 men and opened the Nine Years' War for Louis XIV of France. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor was now in a two-front war. fr:Pierre-Antoine de Châteauneuf persuaded Suleiman II to continue the war against Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. In June 1689 it was decided to set the armistice negotiations with Zülfikar as head of Chancery and Alexander Mavrocordatos as Dragoman.
* From November 16, 1698 to January 26, 1699 Rami Mehmed Pasha as Reis ül-Küttab and Alexander Mavrocordatos as Dragoman negotiated the Treaty of Karlowitz for the Ottoman Empire.

## List of Turkish chiefs of mission to Austria

| Name | Office Term | Office Term | Heads of Government | Heads of Government |
| Name | Office Term | Office Term | Turkey | Austria |
| Mehmet Hamdi Arpağ | 1925 | 1934 | Fethi Okyar | Rudolf Ramek |
| Ahmet Cevdet Üstün | 1934 | 1938 | Fethi Okyar | Kurt Schuschnigg |
| Relationship was interrupted due to the Anschluss (Germany's annexation of Austria) | 1938 | 1947 | Celâl Bayar | Arthur Seyß-Inquart |
| Numan Tahir Seymen | 1947 | 1950 | Hasan Saka | Leopold Figl |
| Faik Hüseyin Hozar | 1950 | 1952 | Adnan Menderes | Leopold Figl |
| Seyfullah Esin | 1952 | 1954 | Adnan Menderes | Leopold Figl |
| Samim İzzet Yemişçibaşı | 1954 | 1961 | Adnan Menderes | Julius Raab |
| Baha Vefa Karatay | 1961 | 1964 | Emin Fahrettin Özdilek | Alfons Gorbach |
| Seyfi Turagay | 1964 | 1967 | İsmet İnönü | Josef Klaus |
| Hasan İstinyeli | 1967 | 1970 | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | Josef Klaus |
| Nurettin Vergin | 1970 | 1971 | Suad Hayri Ürgüplü | Bruno Kreisky |
| Hüveyda Mayatepek | 1971 | 1973 | Nihat Erim | Bruno Kreisky |
| Daniş Tunalıgil | 1973 | 1975 | Mehmet Naim Talu | Bruno Kreisky |
| Asaf İnhan | 1975 | 1976 | Süleyman Demirel | Bruno Kreisky |
| Ecmel Barutçu | 1979 | 1983 | Süleyman Demirel | Bruno Kreisky |
| Erdem Erner | 1983 | 1989 | Turgut Özal | Fred Sinowatz |
| Ayhan Kamel | 1989 | 1993 | Yıldırım Akbulut | Fred Sinowatz |
| Filiz Dinçmen | 1993 | 1997 | Tansu Çiller | Franz Vranitzky |
| Ömer Akbel | 1997 | 2002 | Mesut Yılmaz | Viktor Klima |
| Mithat Balkan | 2002 | 2005 | Abdullah Gül | Wolfgang Schüssel |
| Selim Yenel | 2006 | 2009 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Wolfgang Schüssel |
| Kadri Ecvet Tezcan | 2009 | 2011 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Werner Faymann |
| Ayşe Sezgin | 2011 | 2013 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Werner Faymann |
| Hasan Göğüş | 2013 | 2016 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Werner Faymann |
| Mehmet Ferden Çarıkçı | 2017 | 2019 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sebastian Kurz |
| Ümit Yardım | 2019 | 2019 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Brigitte Bierlein |
| Ozan Ceyhun | 2020 | Incumbent | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Karl Nehammer |

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* ↑ Pierre-Antoine de Châteauneuf