List of ambassadors of Turkey to South Korea

Ambassador of Turkey to South Korea
Ambassador of Turkey to South Korea
주한 튀르키예 대사
	National Emblem of Turkey
	Incumbent; Salih Murat Tamer; since 13 September 2022
Inaugural holder	Kamil İdil
Formation	30 September 1957; 68 years ago

Inaugural holderKamil İdil

Formation30 September 1957; 68 years ago

The ambassador of Turkey to South Korea is the official representative of the president and the government of the Republic of Turkey to the president and government of the Republic of Korea. The position is held by Salih Murat Tamer since 13 September 2022.^[1]

Ambassador	Term start	Term end	Ref.
Kamil İdil	30 September 1957	20 October 1959	^[2]
Hikmet Hayri Anıl	30 April 1960	14 December 1963	^[3]
Bülent Görkem	15 December 1963	7 July 1964
Okan Gezer	8 July 1964	30 September 1966
Şarık Arıyak	1 October 1966	13 April 1967
Bülent Kestelli	14 April 1967	7 June 1971
Yücel Ayaslı	7 June 1971	30 May 1972
Melih Erçin	31 May 1972	30 June 1980
Erdil Akay	8 July 1980	19 April 1982
Bedrettin Tunabaş	23 April 1982	16 November 1984
Metin Sirman	23 November 1984	16 December 1986
Yunus Güçel	29 December 1986	24 February 1989
Muammer Akçer	11 March 1989	24 December 1990
Turhan Fırat	25 December 1990	16 March 1994
Kaya G. Toperi	15 June 1994	30 April 1996
Halil Dağ	16 October 1996	1 November 2000
Tomur Bayer	16 November 2000	4 January 2003
Selim Kuneralp	15 January 2003	17 December 2005
Deniz Özmen	31 December 2005	30 September 2009
Erdoğan Şerif İşcan	13 November 2009	5 May 2011
Naci Sarıbaş	15 June 2011	16 December 2013	^[4]
Arslan Hakan Okçal	1 January 2014	20 December 2017	^[5]
Durmuş Ersin Erçin	1 January 2018	10 September 2022	^[6]
Salih Murat Tamer	13 September 2022	Present	^[7]

See also

Ambassador of Turkey to South Korea
주한 튀르키예 대사
National Emblem of Turkey
Incumbent Salih Murat Tamer since 13 September 2022
Inaugural holder	Kamil İdil
Formation	30 September 1957; 68 years ago (1957-09-30)