The Representative Office of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Washington, D.C. is the de facto embassy of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the United States. Image File history File links Trnc-flag2. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... Political status de facto: Independent de jure: Recognized only by Turkey Official language Turkish Capital LefkoÅŸa (Nicosia) , Founder Rauf DenktaÅŸ President Mehmet Ali Talat Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer House Speaker Fatma EkenoÄŸlu Area  - Total  - % water 3,355 km² 2. ...

Status

As the United States does not officially recognize the TRNC as an independent country, the mission does not have formal diplomatic status under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. As such, the United States Department of State does not have the TRNC flag as part of its collection of national flags (denoting nations with which the USA has diplomatic relations with) at its headquarters at Foggy Bottom, nor does the President of the United States accept credentials from the head of mission. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is an international treaty on diplomatic intercourse and the privileges and immunities of a diplomatic mission. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Foggy Bottom is one of Washington, DCs oldest 19th century neighborhoods, so named because, as a low-lying area, fog (endemic to the swamps of early Washington) tended to congregate there. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... A Letter of Credence is a formal letter sent by one head of state to another formally accrediting a named individual (usually but not always a diplomat) to be their ambassador in the country of the head of state receiving the letter of credence. ...

Ranking Diplomat

Osman Ertuğ serves as the current de facto TRNC Ambassador (officially regarded as the Washington D.C. Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community). Mr. ...

Further information

As well as representing the TRNC, this office supervises the other TRNC Representatives and Honorary Representive offices in the United States (these serve as de facto Consulates-General and Honorary Consulates, with the exception of the TRNC Representative Office in New York, which is the TRNC's unofficial mission to the United Nations). TRNC Honorary Representative Seal Mehmet (Mike) M. MustafaoÄŸlu is the Honorary Representative of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the city of Los Angeles (and by extention, the Western United States). ... See also: consulate (disambiguation). ... The Representative Office of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in New York city is the de facto mission of the TRNC to the United Nations Organization (as well as a de facto Consulate-General). ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Objections to the presence of this office by the internationally recognized government of the Republic of Cyprus are countered by the fact that as the mission - and it's staff - has no official diplomatic status. Under United States law, the presence of the mission is not illegal as it is regarded simply as an information center run by persons with non-diplomatic visas and as such does not imply formal recognition of the TRNC by the United States.