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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 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Selahattin Ülkümen is the 55th most popular diplomat, the 874th most popular biography from Turkey and the 3rd most popular Turkish Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 55 out of 52Before him are Damião de Góis, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Victoria Nuland, Ángel Sanz Briz, Jules Cambon, and William J. Burns. After him are Joseph Grew, Ernest Mason Satow, Edward M. House, Adlai Stevenson II, Vatslav Vorovsky, and Christiana Figueres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 174Before him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Jersey Joe Walcott, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Toulo de Graffenried, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Dorothy Lamour. After him are Reuben Fine, Dagmar Lange, Anatole Abragam, Aníbal Troilo, Albrecht Brandi, and Viktor Grishin. Among people deceased in 2003, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 159Before him are Adam Osborne, Saifuddin Azizi, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Hans Hermann Groër, Hume Cronyn, and Marc-Vivien Foé. After him are William Steig, João César Monteiro, Christopher Hill, Goffredo Petrassi, Jorge Oteiza, and Blaga Dimitrova.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 874 out of 1,301Before him are Victor and Corona (null), Mehmed Said Pasha (1830), Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914), John XI of Constantinople (1225), Cüneyt Çakır (1976), and Hande Yener (1973). After him are David Komnenos (1184), Onesiphorus (50), Maria Komnene (1152), Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Yıldırım Akbulut (1935), and John Mauropous (990).

Among DIPLOMATS In Turkey

Among diplomats born in Turkey, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 3Before him are Megasthenes (-350) and Zannanza (-1350).