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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. In total, he managed to save around 50 Jews—13 on the basis of their Turkish citizenship, and the remainder through his own initiatives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Selahattin Ülkümen is the 53rd most popular diplomat (up from 54th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 936th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 53 out of 90. Before him are Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Ralph Bunche, Saburō Kurusu, Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, and Ambrogio Contarini. After him are Roger Casement, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Adam von Trott zu Solz, Ernest Mason Satow, Zannanza, and Ángel Sanz Briz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 184. Before him are Gretel Bergmann, Sándor Képíró, Toulo de Graffenried, Howard Fast, Zivia Lubetkin, and Joe Shuster. After him are Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Théo Lefèvre, Alfred Andersch, Aníbal Troilo, and BP Koirala. Among people deceased in 2003, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 150. Before him are Kerim Kerimov, Marc-Vivien Foé, Henryk Jabłoński, Howard Fast, Hope Lange, and Leon Uris. After him are Nello Pagani, Hume Cronyn, John Aston Sr., Yun Hyon-seok, Sam Phillips, and Milton George Henschel.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 901 out of 1,347. Before him are Theodotus I of Constantinople (null), Metin Oktay (1936), John III of Trebizond (1321), Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666), Nilufer Hanımsultan (1916), and Mustafa Denizli (1949). After him are Theodore of Tarsus (602), Theodore Balsamon (1140), Maria of Amnia (770), Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri (913).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Türkiye

Among diplomats born in Türkiye, Selahattin Ülkümen ranks 2. Before him are Megasthenes (-350). After him are Zannanza (-1350).

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