Ali Haydar Görk

Ali Haydar Görk graduated from Robert College in 1926 and entered diplomacy in 1929. His assignments included Tokyo and Moscow. After the Second World War he worked on economic relations, heading the foreign ministry’s economic department and representing Türkiye in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. ¹

He rose to first deputy secretary-general of the foreign ministry and in 1954 became secretary-general to President Celal Bayar. His Washington ambassadorship followed in 1955. In August that year he asked Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to discourage Greek expectations of American support over Cyprus before the London talks. Dulles replied that the United States would await their outcome before determining its United Nations position. ^{1, 2}

Görk’s later postings included Madrid and Türkiye’s permanent representation to NATO. He served at NATO in 1960 and retired in 1961. ^{3, 4, 1}