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had a permanent embassy to the

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beginning in 1535, during the time of

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Francis I and Sultan

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...

. It is considered to have been the direct predecessor of the modern-day

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to the Republic of Turkey.

List of ambassadors

Under the ''Ancien Régime''

:''Ambassadors of

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France. Embassy established in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

.''''Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs depuis 1525''
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'' is in François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, Charles Henri Auguste Schefer, ''Mémoires sur l'ambassade de France en Turquie et sur le commerce des français dans le Levant'', Paris, 1877, p. 179. The first ambassador was preceded by an envoy: Jean Frangipani. * Jean de la Forét 1535–1538 * Antoine de Rincon 1538–1541 * Antoine Escalin des Eymars 1541–1547 *

Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramont Gabriel de Luetz, Baron et Seigneur d'Aramon et de Vallabregues (died 1553), often also abbreviated to Gabriel d'Aramon, was the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1546 to 1553, in the service first of Francis I, who dispatched him to ...

1547–1553 *

Michel de Codignac Michel de Codignac was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1553 to 1556, and successor to Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon. Michel de Codignac lobbied for Ottoman support during the Invasion of Corsica (1553). He is known to have participated ...

1553–1556 *

Jean Cavenac de la Vigne Jean Cavenac de la Vigne, seigneur d'Auvilliers, was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1556 to 1566. He was the successor of Michel de Codignac, who had returned to Europe in 1558, passing through Venice in July 1558, and betrayed the ...

1556–1566 *

Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie Guillaume de Grandchamp de Grantrie was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1566 to 1571. From 1566, he notably proposed to the Ottoman Court a plan, devised by Charles IX of France and Catherine de Medicis, to settle French Huguenots an ...

1566–1571 * François de Noailles 1571–1575 *

Gilles de Noailles Gilles de Noailles, abbé de l'Isle (1524–1600) was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1575 to 1579. He was the brother of his predecessor as ambassador, François de Noailles, and was succeeded by Jacques de Germigny. He was sent to th ...

1575–1579 *

Jacques de Germigny Jacques de Germigny was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1579 to 1585. He succeeded to Gilles de Noailles as ambassador. He was sent to the Ottoman Empire by Henry III of France. He was succeeded by Jacques Savary de Lancosme. During h ...

1579–1585 * Jacques Savary de Lancosme 1585–1589 * François Savary de Brèves 1589–1607 *

Jean-François de Gontaut-Biron Jean-François is a French given name. Notable people bearing the given name include: * Jean-François Carenco (born 1952), French politician * Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist * Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958), Fr ...

1607–1611 *

Achille de Harlay Achille de Harlay de Sancy, CO (1581, Paris26 November 1646), the son of Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy, was a French diplomat and intellectual who was noted as a linguist and orientalist. He entered Church service, becoming the Bishop of S ...

1611–1620 *

Philippe de Harlay Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count ...

1620–1631 *

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1631–1639 *

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1639–1665 * Denis de La Haye 1665–1670 * Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel 1670–1679 * Gabriel de Guilleragues 1679–1686 *

Pierre de Girardin Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

1686–1689 * Pierre Antoine Castagneres 1689–1692 * Charles de Ferriol 1692–1711 * Pierre Puchot 1711–1716 * Jean-Louis d'Usson 1716 *

Jean-Baptiste Louis Picon Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King o ...

1724–1728 * Louis Sauveur Villeneuve 1728–1741 *

Michel-Ange Castellane Michel-Ange de Castellane (2 October 1703 – 26 September 1782) was Count, comte of House of Castellane, Castellane, a French diplomat, and a Brigadier in the army of ancien regime France. From 1741 to 1747 he served as France's ambassador to the O ...

1741–1747 *

Roland Puchot Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

1747–1755 * Charles Gravier de Vergennes 1755–1768 * François Emmanuel Guignard 1768–1784 * Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier 1784–1792

French Revolution and First French Empire

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and

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.'' *

Charles Louis Huguet Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

1792–1796 – ''in name only'' * Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (1795 -1797) *

Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet (19 August 1759, Louisiana – 17 December 1797, Istanbul) was a French General and politician during the period of the French Revolution. Aubert du Bayet was born in Baton-Rouge in the French American colo ...

1796–1802 *

Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (, 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Early life Bru ...

1802–1806 * Horace François Sébastiani 1806–1812 *

Antoine François Andréossy Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...

1812–1815

1815–1914

:''Ambassadors under the Bourbon Restoration,

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (french: Monarchie de Juillet), officially the Kingdom of France (french: Royaume de France), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 26 July 1830, with the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 F ...

, Second Republic,

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and Third Republic.'' * Charles François de Riffardeau, marquis de Rivière 1815–1821 * 1821–1823 * Armand Charles Guilleminot 1823–1832 * Albin Reine Roussin 1832–1839 * Edouard Pontois 1839–1841 * 1844–1851 * Charles La Valette 1851–1853 * Edmond de Lacour 1853-1853 *

Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers (6 September 1795 – 6 June 1878), 1st Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers, was a Marshal of France and politician. Baraguey d'Hilliers was born in Paris, the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d'H ...

1853–1855 * Edouard Antoine de Thouvenel 1855–1860 * Charles La Valette 1860–1861 * Lionel Désiré Marie François René Moustiers 1861–1866 * 1866–1870 *

Louis Dubreuil-Héliou La Gueronnière Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

1870–1871 * Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé 1871–1875 * Jean-François Guillaume Bourgoing 1875–1877 * 1877–1880 * 1880–1882 * Emmanuel Henri Victurnien de Noailles 1882–1886 * 1886–1891 * Paul Cambon 1891–1898 *

Jean Antoine Ernest Constans Jean Antoine Ernest Constans (3 May 1833 – 7 April 1913) was a French politician and colonial administrator. Biography Born in Béziers, Hérault, he began his career as professor of law. In 1876 he was elected deputy for Toulouse to the Fren ...

1898–1909 * Maurice Bompard 1909–1914

References

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External links

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