McGhee (January 15, 1952 – June 19, 1953) Avra M. Warren (September 17, 1953 – February 17, 1956) Fletcher Warren (June 13, 1956 – November 15, 1960) Raymond A. Hare (April 5, 1961 – August 27, 1965) Parker T. Hart (October 11, 1965 – October 3, 1968) Robert Komer (December 3, 1968 – May 7, 1969) William J. Handley (July 1, 1969 – April 19, 1973) William B. Macomber, Jr. (May 16, 1973 – June 15, 1977) Ronald I. Spiers (July 12, 1977 – January 11, 1980) James W. Spain (February 26, 1980 – August 16, 1981) Robert Strausz-Hupé (September 7, 1981 – May 18, 1989) Morton I. Abramowitz (August 1, 1989 – July 25, 1991) Richard Clark Barkley (November 8, 1991 – December 15, 1994) Marc Grossman (January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997) Mark Robert Parris (November 12, 1997 – September 8, 2000) W. Robert Pearson (September 21, 2000 – July 23, 2003) Eric S. Edelman (August 29, 2003 – June 19, 2005) Ross Wilson (December 8, 2005 – August 9, 2008) James Franklin Jeffrey (December 3, 2008 – July 31, 2010) Francis J. Ricciardone (January 28, 2011 – July 8, 2014) Jess L. Baily (July 9, 2014 – September 8, 2014) John R. Bass (October 20, 2014 – October 15, 2017) David M. Satterfield (August 28, 2019 – January 7, 2022) Jeff Flake (January 26, 2022 – present) Gallery See also Turkey–United States relations Ambassadors of the United States Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C. Ambassadors of Turkey to the United States References United States Department of State: Background notes on Turkey External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Turkey United States Department of State: Turkey United States Embassy in Ankara President Benjamin Harrison Appointments: Solomon Hirsch Minister to Turkey Shapell Manuscript Foundation Turkey United States 1831 establishments in the Ottoman Empire