France had a permanent embassy to the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1535, during the time of King Francis I and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is considered to have been the direct predecessor of the modern-day embassy to the Republic of Turkey.
List of ambassadors
Under the Ancien Régime
Ambassadors of Ancien Régime France. Embassy established in Constantinople.
The first ambassador was preceded by an envoy: Jean Frangipani.
French Revolution and First French Empire
Ambassadors under the French Revolution and First French Empire.
1815âÂÂ1914
Ambassadors under the Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, Second Republic, Second Empire and Third Republic.
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