# List of ambassadors of Turkey to China

The Turkish Ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Ankara to the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

## List of Turkish chiefs of mission to China
### Envoys to the Republic of China

| Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| Hulusi Fuat Tugay | 1 May 1929 | 30 July 1931 | Chargé d'affaires in Nanjing (* 1890 † 1967) From 31 December 1950 – 5 January 1954: Turkish Ambassador to Egypt [de] |
| Emin Âli Sipahi | 21 December 1939 | 20 September 1942 | Minister in Chongqing presented credentials to President Lin Sen. (* 1895 † 1952) studied at the University of Istanbul, was a lecturer, professor, poet, and educator. 28 October 1933 – 1938: envoy in Brussels. 21 January 1944 – 10 June 1945: Envoy in Riyadh. 26 September 1946 – 1950: Turkish Ambassador to Argentina [de]. 1951-1952: Turkish Ambassadors to Sweden. |
| Abdul Mennan Tebelen | 19 April 1943 | 17 September 1943 | Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing. 8 September 1951: Consul General in Tokyo. |

### Ambassadors to the Republic of China

| Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| Hulusi Fuat Tugay | 29 May 1944 | 2 April 1947 | Envoy in Chongqing (1890–1967) |
| Muammer Hamdi Dambel | 2 April 194 | 5 February 1948 | Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing. 1952: Consul General in Paris |
| Necdet Özmen | 5 February 1948 | 25 October 1948 | Chargé d'affaires in Chongqing. 1971-1973: Ambassador in Santiago de Chile |
| İzzettin Aksalur | 14 August 1953 | | General From 27 July 1954 – 10 April 1960: Turkish Ambassador to Iran [de] |
| Hikmet Hayri Anlı | 30 March 1954 | 28 September 1957 | Chargé d'affaires in Taipei From 29 October 1957 to 1 April 1960 he was Consul General in New York |
| Cemi Vafi | 5 January 1958 | | |
| Tevfik Kâzım Kemahlı | 27 May 1960 | 25 May 1963 | Minister in Taipei 1956: Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria [de] From 1 January 1963 to 1 January 1964 he was Turkish Ambassador to Morocco [de] |
| Turgut Aytuğ | 26 May 1963 | 3 January 1967 | Minister in Taipei 1967-1970: Turkish Ambassador to Japan [de] |
| Halûk Kocaman | 28 January 1967 | 2 January 1970 | Envoy in Taipei Haluk Kocamen |

### Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China

| Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| Ahmet Nuri Eren [de] | 31 October 1972 | 7 May 1974 | |
| Adnan Bulak [tr] | 22 October 1974 | 16 February 1978 | 29 January 1981: Turkish Ambassador to France [fr] |
| Oktay Cankardeş [tr] | 30 August 1978 | 17 October 1980 | From 11 August to 29 December 1962 he was Turkish Ambassador to Tunisia [de] From 2 November 1973 he was Turkish Ambassador to Serbia [de] From 1983–1988 he was Turkish Ambassador to the Soviet Union [de]. |
| Necdet Tezel [tr] | 24 November 1980 | 1 November 1984 | From 1976 to 1980 he was Turkish Ambassador to Greece [de] |
| Behiç Hazar [tr] | 10 October 1984 | 16 June 1988 | |
| Bilal Şimşir [tr] | 27 June 1988 | 17 October 1990 | |
| Reşat Arım [tr] | 30 November 1990 | 16 May 1994 | |
| Berhan Ekinci [tr] | 31 May 1994 | 16 September 1996 | From 1 January 2001 to 1 January 2004: Turkish Ambassador to Norway [de] |
| Ünal Ünsal [tr] | 30 September 1996 | 4 November 1998 | From 31 May 1995 to 30 September 1996 he was Turkish Ambassador to Italy [de] |
| Daryal Batıbay [tr] | 17 October 1998 | 17 August 2000 | |
| Rafet Akgünay [tr] | 30 July 2000 | 17 October 2004 | |
| Oktay Özüye [tr] | 30 November 2004 | 28 December 2008 | From 1 August 1995 to 1 March 1998 he was Turkish Ambassador to Singapore [de] |
| Murat Salim Esenli [tr] | 1 April 2009 | 1 December 2013 | |
| Ali Murat Ersoy | 15 December 2013 | December 2017 | Graduate of TED Ankara College and the Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations. Completed master's degree in International Studies at the University of Reading. |
| Abdulkadir Emin Önen | 1 December 2017 | 15 March 2023 | |
| İsmail Hakkı Musa [tr] | 1 April 2023 | | From October 2011 to October 2012 he was Turkish Ambassador to Belgium From November 2016 to March 2021 he was Turkish Ambassador to France |