Turkey
- Turkey has been a member of the United Nations since 24 October 1945
- Turkey is not in the list of countries with webpages at the UN.
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- Turkey is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- Turkey has participated in 1437 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Turkey…
| voted alone (out of 161 nations) against | Draft resolution A/61/L.30 (resolution 61/222). | 20 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 159 nations) against | Draft resolution A/58/L.19 (resolution 58/240). | 23 December 2003 |
| voted alone (out of 160 nations) against | Draft resolution A/63/L.42 (resolution 63/111). | 5 December 2008 |
| voted alone (out of 144 nations) against | Draft resolution A/59/L.22 (resolution 59/24). | 17 November 2004 |
| voted alone (out of 146 nations) against | Draft resolution A/60/L.22 (resolution 60/30). | 29 November 2005 |
| voted alone (out of 143 nations) against | The draft resolution (resolution 51/34). | 9 December 1996 |
| voted alone (out of 143 nations) against | Draft resolution A/52/L.26 (resolution 52/26). | 26 November 1997 |
| voted alone (out of 141 nations) against | Draft resolution A/53/L.35 (resolution 53/32). | 24 November 1998 |
| voted alone (out of 136 nations) against | Draft resolution A/50/L.34 (resolution 50/23). | 5 December 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 135 nations) against | Draft resolution A/57/L.48/Rev.1 (resolution A/57/141). | 12 December 2002 |
| voted alone (out of 138 nations) against | Draft resolution A/49/L.47 (resolution 49/28). | 6 December 1994 |
| voted alone (out of 134 nations) against | Draft resolution A/54/L.31 (resolution 54/31). | 24 November 1999 |
| voted alone (out of 126 nations) against | Draft resolution A/56/L.17 (resolution 56/12). | 28 November 2001 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 173) to abstain on | Draft resolution A (resolution 51/47 A). | 10 December 1996 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 151) against | Draft resolution A/62/L.27 (resolution 62/215). | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 149) against | Draft resolution A/55/L.10 and Corr.1 (resolution 55/7). | 30 October 2000 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 181) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 57/205). | 18 December 2002 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 133) against | Draft resolution A/51/L.72 (resolution 51/229). | 21 May 1997 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 160) to abstain on | Draft resolution F (resolution 51/129). | 13 December 1996 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 164) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 1. | 9 December 1997 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 29 May 2009 – The situation in Cyprus Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus (S/2009/248)
- 14 December 2009 – Description
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Turkey. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Aksen | 1 | 13 September 2007 | 13 September 2007 |
| Mr. Akçay | 1 | 24 October 2007 | 24 October 2007 |
| Mr. Apakan | 16 | 9 September 2009 | 23 December 2009 |
| Mr. Arar | 1 | 28 June 2005 | 28 June 2005 |
| Mr. Arda | 2 | 2 December 1998 | 10 December 1998 |
| Mr. Atalay | 1 | 17 April 1996 | 17 April 1996 |
| Mr. Aydin | 1 | 14 September 2006 | 14 September 2006 |
| Mr. Babacan | 2 | 6 January 2009 | 8 January 2009 |
| Mr. Batu | 19 | 2 March 1994 | 15 May 1995 |
| Mr. Bayar | 1 | 6 December 1994 | 6 December 1994 |
| Mrs. Baykal | 5 | 5 December 1995 | 24 November 1998 |
| Ms. Baykal | 3 | 17 December 1996 | 19 November 1998 |
| Mr. Bilman | 1 | 25 September 2001 | 25 September 2001 |
| Mr. Bozay | 1 | 11 November 2002 | 11 November 2002 |
| Mr. Burhan | 1 | 19 December 1994 | 19 December 1994 |
| Mr. Celem | 2 | 22 November 1995 | 18 December 1995 |
| Mr. Cem | 5 | 26 September 1997 | 13 November 2001 |
| Mr. Cengizer | 24 | 31 May 2001 | 30 November 2004 |
| Mr. Codman | 1 | 22 July 2009 | 22 July 2009 |
| Mr. Davutolu | 2 | 11 May 2009 | 29 September 2009 |
| President Demirel | 1 | 22 October 1995 | 22 October 1995 |
| Mr. Ercin | 1 | 11 November 2004 | 11 November 2004 |
| Mr. Erciyes | 4 | 17 November 2004 | 20 December 2006 |
| Mr. Erdoan | 4 | 15 September 2005 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Erel | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
| Mr. Erçin | 1 | 20 October 2005 | 20 October 2005 |
| Ms. Fertekligil | 2 | 23 December 1994 | 15 November 1995 |
| Mr. Guven | 1 | 15 December 1994 | 15 December 1994 |
| Mr. Göktürk | 6 | 19 November 1999 | 12 June 2001 |
| Mr. Gül | 5 | 26 September 2003 | 22 September 2006 |
| President Gül | 1 | 23 September 2008 | 23 September 2008 |
| Mr. Gürel | 1 | 13 September 2002 | 13 September 2002 |
| Mr. Güven | 2 | 18 November 1994 | 16 June 1995 |
| Mr. Hizlan | 2 | 4 December 1995 | 9 December 1997 |
| Mr. Ilkin | 1 | 7 April 2005 | 7 April 2005 |
| Mr. Inönü | 1 | 27 September 1995 | 27 September 1995 |
| Mr. Kutlualp | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Logoglu | 1 | 2 December 1998 | 2 December 1998 |
| Mr. Pamir | 29 | 4 October 2000 | 8 October 2004 |
| Mr. Samsar | 1 | 22 November 2002 | 22 November 2002 |
| Ms. Say | 1 | 22 December 2004 | 22 December 2004 |
| President Sezer | 1 | 7 September 2000 | 7 September 2000 |
| Mrs. Seçkin | 3 | 21 September 2007 | 21 December 2007 |
| Mr. Soysal | 1 | 30 September 1994 | 30 September 1994 |
| Mrs. Tansu-Seçkin | 1 | 5 December 2008 | 5 December 2008 |
| Mr. Tanç | 11 | 11 October 1995 | 19 November 1998 |
| Mr. Tekin | 1 | 23 December 2003 | 23 December 2003 |
| Ms. Tural | 1 | 24 November 2003 | 24 November 2003 |
| Mr. Uras | 1 | 20 October 2006 | 20 October 2006 |
| Mr. Uykur | 4 | 24 November 1999 | 12 December 2002 |
| Mr. Vural | 13 | 15 June 1998 | 20 December 1999 |
| Mr. Yilmaz | 1 | 24 September 1998 | 24 September 1998 |
| Mr. en | 1 | 18 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 |
| Mr. lkin | 59 | 8 December 2004 | 29 May 2009 |
| Mr. Çelem | 33 | 8 September 1995 | 19 December 1997 |
| Mr. Çengizer | 1 | 22 September 2000 | 22 September 2000 |
| Mr. Çetin | 1 | 27 April 1994 | 27 April 1994 |
| Ms. Çiller | 1 | 30 September 1996 | 30 September 1996 |
| Mr. Çobanolu | 1 | 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Çorman | 18 | 5 November 2007 | 26 October 2009 |
| Mr. Ïlkin | 1 | 8 June 2006 | 8 June 2006 |
| Mr. Öztürk | 1 | 12 June 2001 | 12 June 2001 |
| Mr. Ünal | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
