Turkey

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 4 November 1946

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Président de la République: Son Exc. M. Abdullah GÜL
Premier ministre: Son Exc. M. Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. M. Hüsnü Gürcan Türkoglu
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Delegate (8/27/2009)

Permanent Delegation of Turkey to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau MS1.59/60/61 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.27.15
01.45.68.27.16
01.45.68.27.55
Fax: 01.40.56.04.13
E-mail: dl.turquie@unesco.org
Web site: http://www.mfa.gov.tr/

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Dr Arsin Aydinuraz
Vice-Chairperson: Dr Korkmaz Alemdar
Vice-Chairperson: Dr Faruk Logoglu
Secretary-general: Dr (Mr) Nihat Zal

Turkish National Commission for UNESCO
Göreme Sokak, 7/9 06680 Kavaklidere ANKARA TURKEY
Telephone: (+ 90.312) 426 58 94; (+ 90.312) 427 19 48
Fax: (+ 90.312) 427 20 64
E-mail: arsin@science.ankara.edu.tr (Pt); zal@unesco.org.tr (SG); webmaster@unesco.org.tr;
Web site: http://www.unesco.org.tr

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Resat Nuri Guntekin	1946-1949	1-17
Member	Mr Ahmet Kutsi Tecer	1949-1952	18-31
Member	Mr Bedrettin Tuncel	1958-1966	53-74
Member	Mr Erdal Inönü	1978-1983	106-117
Member/Representative	Mr Talat S. Halman	1991-1995	138-147
Representative		2001-2005	163-172

Note: The 1991 amendment modified Article V of the Constitution, with respect to the status of members of the Board, which with effect from the 27th session of the General Conference (1993) consists of Member States rather than of persons (26 C/Resolution 19.3).

Participation in subsidiary organs

Subsidiary organs of the General Conference


• Intergovernmental Council for the International Hydrological Programme
  Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  President : S.E. Faruk Logoglu

Member (Term expires : 2010)

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Statistical expert : Mr Orhan Güvenen (Term expires : 31 December 2009)

Celebration of anniversaries

Seven hundredth anniversary of the death of the Turkish humorist Nasreddin Hoca (Mulla Nasruddin, Goha) (1996).

Centenary of the birth of the Turkish poet and writer, former minister of education, Hasan Ali Yücel (1997).

Two hundredth anniversary of the death of the Turkish poet Ôeyh (Sheikh) Galib (1999).

Seven hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the formation of Ottoman cultural and scientific heritage and its multinational aspects (1999).

100th anniversary of the birth of Nazim Hikmet (2002)

800th anniversary of the birth of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Belhi-Rumi (Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi), poet and philosopher (1207-1273) (2007)

1000th anniversary of the birth of Kasgarli Mahmud, linguist (1008-1101) (2008)

400th anniversary of the birth of Katip Çelebi, scholar (1609-1657) (2009)