John Foster Dulles |
Ankara, Istanbul |
Met with President Bayer, Prime Minister Menderes, and senior Turkish
officials. |
May 25-27, 1953 |
John Foster Dulles |
Ankara |
Attended Baghdad Pact Ministerial Meeting. |
January 26-30, 1958 |
Christian Archibald Herter |
Istanbul |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
April 30-May 4, 1960 |
David Dean Rusk |
Ankara |
Attended CENTO Ministerial Council Meeting. |
April 26-29, 1961 |
David Dean Rusk |
Ankara |
Met with President Gursel, Premier Inonu, and senior Turkish officials. |
April 27-28, 1963 |
David Dean Rusk |
Ankara |
Attended CENTO Ministerial Council Meeting. |
April 19-22, 1966 |
William Pierce Rogers |
Ankara |
Attended CENTO Ministerial Meeting. |
April 29-May 1, 1971 |
Henry A Kissinger |
Ankara |
Met with Prime Minister Ecevit and senior Turkish officials. |
March 10-11, 1975 |
Henry A Kissinger |
Ankara |
Attended CENTO Ministerial Meeting. |
May 21-23, 1975 |
Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Ankara |
Met with Prime Minister Ecevit and senior Turkish officials. |
January 20-21, 1978 |
Edmund Sixtus Muskie |
Ankara |
Attended NATO Ministerial Meeting. |
June 25-26, 1980 |
Alexander Meigs Haig |
Ankara |
Official visit. Met with President Evren and senior Turkish officials. |
May 13-15, 1982 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Istanbul, Ankara |
Discussed economic and defense matters with Prime Minister Ozal and senior
Turkish officials. |
March 22-25, 1986 |
James Addison Baker |
Ankara |
Met with Prime Minister Ozal and Foreign Minister Yilmaz. |
February 14, 1989 |
James Addison Baker |
Ankara |
Met with President Ozal and senior Turkish officials. |
August 8-9, 1990 |
James Addison Baker |
Ankara |
Met with President Ozal. |
November 7, 1990 |
James Addison Baker |
Incirlik, Ankara |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with President Ozal and Foreign Minister
Alptemocin. |
January 12-13, 1991 |
James Addison Baker |
Ankara |
Met with President Ozal and senior Turkish officials. |
March 16, 1991 |
James Addison Baker |
Ankara, Diyarbakir, Cukurca, Uzumlu |
Discussed emergency aid to Kurdish refugees with President Ozal; visited refugee
camps. |
April 7-8, 1991 |
Warren Minor Christopher |
Ankara, Istanbul |
Met with President Demirel and senior Turkish officials. |
June 12-14, 1993 |
Warren Minor Christopher |
Istanbul |
Attended NATO and NACC Ministerial Meetings. |
June 8-10, 1994 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Istanbul, Izmit |
Discussed disaster relief with Foreign Minister Cem. |
September 5, 1999 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Ankara, Ephesus, Istanbul |
Accompanied President Clinton on a State visit; attended OSCE Summit meeting in
Istanbul. |
November 14-19, 1999 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Ankara |
Met with Foreign Minister Cem and senior officials. |
December 5, 2001 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Ankara |
Discussed the conflict in Iraq and economic aid with senior Turkish
officials. |
April 1-2, 2003 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Ankara, Istanbul |
Accompanied President Bush to the NATO Summit meeting in Istanbul. |
June 26-29, 2004 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Ankara |
Met with Foreign Minister Gul and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. |
February 5-6, 2005 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Ankara |
Met with Foreign Minister Gul. |
April 25-26, 2006 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Ankara, Istanbul |
Met with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, and Foreign Minister Babacan.
Attended an expanded ministerial meeting of countries adjoining Iraq in
Istanbul. |
November 2-3, 2007 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Ankara |
Met with Foreign Minister Babacan. |
March 7, 2009 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Mexico City, Monterrey |
Met with Foreign Secretary Espinosa and discussed the Merida Initiative. |
March 25-26, 2009 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Istanbul |
Attended a Libya Contact Group meeting. Met with President Gul, Prime Minister
Erdogan, and Foreign Minister Davutoglu. Attended a meeting of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference on combating religious intolerance. |
July 15-17, 2011 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Istanbul |
Attended the second meeting of the “Friends of the Syrian People.” Met with Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu, Arab League Secretary-General
Nabil al-Araby, and the Syrian National Council. |
March 31-April 1, 2012 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Istanbul |
Met with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, and
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. Co-chaired the Global Counterterrorism
Forum. |
June 7, 2012 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Istanbul |
Met with President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu, and Syrian activists and refugees. |
August 11-12, 2012 |