In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “turkish diplomat and consul in rhodes during the second world war”. Today it says “turkish diplomat who was recognized by israel as one of the righteous among the nations in 1989”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
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. Jews in Axis-occupied Greece were deported from Corfu and sent to Nazi death camps , namely Auschwitz . Rhodes, where Ülkümen was posted, had a Jewish population of some 2,000 at the time of the German invasion, which had followed the signing of an armistice between Italy and the Allies amidst the fall of the Fascist regime .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 in Antakya – 7 July 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 alike were deported to the death camps from the island of Corfu . But on the island of Rhodes, Turkey ’s Consul, Selahattin Ülkümen, saved the lives of some 42 Turkish Jewish families, totaling more than 200 persons, among a Jewish community of some 2000 after the Germans took over the island. The German occupation followed Italy 's removal of Benito Mussolini from power and its armistice with the Allies .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 in Antakya – 7 July 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 the 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, among a Jewish community of some 2,000 after the Germans took over the island. The German occupation followed Italy 's removal of Benito Mussolini from power and its armistice with the Allies .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
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, among a Jewish community of some 2,000 after the Germans took over the island. The German occupation followed Italy 's removal of Benito Mussolini from power and its armistice with the Allies .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Turkish diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations recipient Selahattin Ülkümen (14 January 1914 – 7 June 2003) was a Turkish diplomat and consul in Rhodes during the Second World War , who assisted the Jewish community in the island with Turkish citizenship to avoid them being deported during 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 up to 50 people, among a Jewish community of some 2,000 after the Germans took over the island. The German occupation followed Italy's removal of Benito Mussolini from power and its armistice with the Allies .
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turkish diplomat and consul in rhodes during the second world war
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turkish diplomat who was recognized by israel as one of the righteous among the nations in 1989
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