Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Turkey in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Turkey to the United States. It is located at 2525 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest in the Embassy Row neighborhood.

Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C.

LocationWashington, D.C.
Address2525 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Coordinates38°54′59″N 77°03′21″W
Websitewashington.emb.mfa.gov.tr
The statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkish Embassy, Washington D.C.

The chancery is housed in a new building, inaugurated by Turkish President Süleyman Demirel on April 23, 1999. Designed by Shalom Baranes Associates, it reflects aspects of Turkish vernacular architecture while harmonizing with the styles of the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood.

Previously, the embassy had been housed in a mansion farther south, at Sheridan Circle and 23rd Street, N.W. The building today serves as the Turkish ambassador's residence. It was originally built for Edward Hamlin Everett, a bottling millionaire, in 1915. The Everett House was designed by George Oakley Totten, Jr., a Washingtonian who had spent a brief period in Turkey as the official architect for Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The Turkish government leased the building in 1932 and purchased it four years later.

2017 violent clashes
Main article: Clashes at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.

On May 16, 2017, armed Turkish security forces attacked pro Kurdish protesters demonstrating on behalf of the North American Kurdish Alliance outside the ambassador's residence during a visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, forcing intervention by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.[1] On March 31, 2016, Turkish security forces had attacked protesters and journalists further down Embassy Row during a speech by President Erdoğan at the Brookings Institution.[2]

Ambassadors during Empire and Republic periods
Ottoman Empire period
Name Starting Year Ending Year
Edouard Blak 1867 1873
Ligoraki Aristarki Bey 1873 1883
Ferit Paşa 1883 1883
Hüseyin Tevfik Paşa 1883 1886
Rüstem Efendi 1886 1887
Aleksandros Mavroyeni 1887 1896
Mustafa Tahsin Bey 1896 1897
Mehmet Rifat Bey 1897 1897
Seyfettin Bey 1897 1897
Edham Bey 1897 1898
Ali Ferruh Bey 1898 1901
Mustafa Şekip Bey 1901 1907
Mehmed Ali Bey 1907 1908
Münci Bey 1908 1909
Hüseyin Kazım Bey 1909 1909
Ahmet Rüstem Bey 1909 1910
Yusuf Ziya Paşa 1910 1914
Ahmet Rüstem Bey 1914 1914
Abdülhak Hüseyin Bey 1914 1917
Turkish Republic period
Name Starting Year Ending Year
Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu 1927 1934
Mehmet Münir Ertegün 1934 1944
Orhan Halit Erol 1944 1945
Hüseyin Ragıp Baydur 1945 1948
Feridun Cemal Erkin 1948 1955
Ali Haydar Görk 1955 1957
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü 1957 1960
Melih Esenbel 1960 1960
Bülent Uşaklıgil 1960 1962
Rıfat Turgut Menemencioğlu 1962 1967
Melih Esenbel 1967 1974
Aydın Yeğen 1974 1975
Melih Esenbel 1975 1979
Mustafa Şükrü Elekdağ 1979 1989
Nüzhet Kandemir 1989 1998
Baki İlkin 1998 2001
Faruk Loğoğlu 2001 2005
Nabi Şensoy 2006 2010
Namık Tan 2010 2014
Serdar Kılıç 2014

See also

References
  1. Fandos, Nicholas; Mele, Christopher (18 May 2017). "Erdogan Security Forces Launch 'Brutal Attack' on Washington Protesters, Officials Say". The New York Times. p. A17. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. Kirişci, Kemal (19 May 2017). "Turkey's downward spiral and the scuffles at Erdoğan's Brookings speech". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 19 May 2017.


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