Republic of Turkey has supported the construction of the world peace on the foreign policy since it was established. In this regard, Republic of Turkey shaped its policy through peace alliances and cooperation with neighboring countries as well as others. Turkish – Spanish relations are improved through this approach in the foreign policy. It is certain that the role of the Ambassadors were very important to conduct the bilateral relations. First Turkish embassy opened in Madrid in 1857 and till 1922 six envoy served there. Between the years 1922-1929 charge d'affaires was in charge of the Madrid embassy, then Yahya Kemal Beyatlı the first Spanish Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey has been appointed to Madrid Embassy in 1929. After Beyatlı, Tevfik Kamil Koperler continued to serve as the Madrid Ambassador between the years 1934 to 1938. Tevfik Kamil Koperler was born in 1889 in Selanik, he is a person of government who studied law in Paris. Koperler took many important missions in within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Furthermore, the four year (1934-1938) he serves as an Ambassador in Spain is very crucial for the political conditions of Spain.Koperler took office in the elections when the Republicans had the power. Also, he continued to serve in Madrid as the Turk Ambassador when the 1936 Spain Civil War broke out. This Paper will take in hand TevfikKoperler’s life and the works he did when he was the Madrid ambassador in the lights of archive documents, researches and newspapers.
Keywords: Atatürk Period, Tevfik Kamil Koperler, Madrid, Ambassador.
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