Embassy of Turkey, Ottawa
Embassy of Turkey in Ottawa | |
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Address | 197 Wurtemburg Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8L9 |
Coordinates | 45°26′05″N 75°40′32″W / 45.434702°N 75.675609°W |
Ambassador | Esra Demir |
The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Ottawa (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ottava Büyükelçiliği) is Turkey's diplomatic mission to Canada. It is housed in a sprawling Tudor style manor located at 197 Wurtemberg Street overlooking the Rideau River. The building was built by Fisheries Commissioner William F. Whitcher in about 1869. In 1888, it was expanded and housed the Ottawa Children's Hospital, and remained a hospital until 1908. In 1953, it became home to the Turkish embassy.
Incidents
The Turkish embassy has been the site of a number of incidents. In the 1970s and 1980s Canada was home to several Armenian paramilitary groups. On April 8, 1982 Kani Gungor, the embassy's commercial attaché, was shot in the parking garage of his residence and left permanently paralyzed. Harout Kevork, Raffic Balian and the 17-year-old Haig Gharakhanian were arrested two years later for the crime.[1]
Several months later on August 23 Col.
After these incidents the Turks planned to leave their heritage structure for a more secure facility, but these plans have now been abandoned and major renovations to the embassy have just recently been completed.
On February 17, 1999, the embassy was again hit by violence. A riot by some 300
See also
References
- ^ Bell, Stewart. "Cold Terror", 2005