Selahattin Ülkümen [SEP] place of death
Selahattin Ülkümen
Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 in Antakya – 7 June 2003 in Istanbul) was a Turkish diplomat and consul in Rhodes during the Second World War, who assisted many local Jews to escape the Holocaust. In 1989 Israel recognized him as among the Righteous Among the Nations and listed his name at Yad Vashem.
Turkish and Greek Jews were deported to death camps from the island of Corfu. But on the island of Rhodes, Turkey’s Consul, Selahattin Ülkümen, saved the lives of close to 50 people
Selahattin
Selahattin is the Turkish version of the Muslim name Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn. It may refer to:
People.
- Selahattin Çolak, Turkish politician
- Selahattin Demirtaş (born 1972), Kurdish-Turkish politician
- Selâhattin Kantar (1878–1949), Turkish archaeologist
- Selahattin Kınalı (born 1978), Turkish footballer
- Selahattin Özmen, Turkish surgeon
- Selahattin Ülkümen (1914–2003), Turkish diplomat who assisted Jews in WW2
Places.
- Dr. Selahattin Akçiçek Cultural Center