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Selahattin Ülkümen

1914 - 2003

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Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 – 7 June 2003) was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was serving as a consul-general of Turkey on the island of Rhodes, Greece, which had been invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. Ülkümen assisted the island's Jews by personally intervening to prevent as many of them as possible from being deported by the Germans amidst the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Selahattin Ülkümen has received more than 68,388 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Selahattin Ülkümen is the 54th most popular diplomat (up from 55th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 872nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Selahattin Ülkümen by language

Over the past year Selahattin Ülkümen has had the most page views in the with 14,777 views, followed by Turkish (10,352), and German (2,898). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (103.49%), Latin (93.20%), and Catalan (70.85%)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 54 out of 90. Before him are Roger Casement, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Damião de Góis, Saburō Kurusu, Christiana Figueres, and Ángel Sanz Briz. After him are Adam von Trott zu Solz, Jules Cambon, Ambrogio Contarini, Ernest Mason Satow, Paul Schmidt, and Adlai Stevenson II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 189. Before him are Jorge Bolet, Aníbal Troilo, Sam Manekshaw, Beatrice Straight, Albrecht Brandi, and Hans Wegner. After him are Nikolay Makarov, Ray Walston, Evelyn Furtsch, Norman Lloyd, Maxim of Bulgaria, and Suso Cecchi d'Amico. Among people deceased in 2003, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 165. Before him are Jorge Oteiza, Bigode, Lewis A. Coser, Hans Hermann Groër, Augusto Monterroso, and Lu'ay al-Atassi. After him are Jean Yanne, Benny Carter, Wolfgang Larrazábal, Françoise Giroud, Saifuddin Azizi, and Philip Stone.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 777 out of 1,347. Before him are Avetis Aharonian (1866), Isaac Komnenos (1050), Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1882), Constantine VI of Constantinople (1859), and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1890). After him are Critolaus (-200), Dorotheus of Gaza (510), Constantine Lekapenos (930), John III of Trebizond (1321), Manuel Komnenos (1143), and Philopappos (100).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Türkiye

Among diplomats born in Türkiye, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 2. Before him are Zannanza (-1350).

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