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  ATMG - Australian Turkish Media Group - Namik Kemal Yolga: Turkish Shindler
Namik Kemal Yolga, known as the Turkish Schindler, died on 21.12.01.
Namik Kemal Yolga was posted to Turkish Embassy in Paris in 1940 as the Vice-Consul, his first diplomatic post in a foreign country.
Namik Kemal Yolga served as an Ambassador in Rome, Paris, Caracas, Tehran and Moscow and as General Secretary in the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
www.atmg.org /NamikKemalYolga.html   (361 words)

  
  Namik Kemal Yolga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Namik Kemal Yolga (1914–2001) was a Turkish diplomat and statesman, known as the Turkish Schindler.
Namik Kemal Yolga was posted to Turkish Embassy in Paris in 1940 as the Vice-Consul, his first diplomatic post in a foreign country.
Namik Kemal Yolga served as an Ambassador in Rome, Paris, Caracas, Tehran and Moscow and as General Secretary in the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Namik_Kemal_Yolga   (308 words)

  
 (TURKS SAVE JEWS) Tall Armenian Tale: The Other Side of the Falsified Genocide
Namik Kemal Yolga (1914-2001) was a Turkish diplomat and statesman, known as the Turkish Schindler.
Young Yolga was brave enough to save the Turkish Jews one by one from the Nazi authorities, drive them in his car and hide them in safe places.
Erkin was appointed Thessalonica Military Railroad Commisioner and met Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, in 1907.
www.tallarmeniantale.com /Turks-save-Jews.htm   (5113 words)

  
 Hitler used as evidence that the world would not react to the mass murder of the Jews
Three hours later, an SS guard relented and pulled him and 70 others off of the train, and the consulate sent them to Istanbul for the duration of the war.
"Turkey was the only country in Paris that was helping, protecting and trying to protect the Jews," said ambassador Namik Yolga, who was stationed in Paris."rm a human being, I couldn't do anything else," said Kent.
In 1933, Turkish president Kemal Ataturk welcomed 200 Jewish and non-Jewish professors fleeing the Nazis with a similar refuge, including permission to bring their families and assistants for an unlimited time.
www.shenandoahfilm.com /jp2.htm   (520 words)

  
 Bilkent Universitesi - Basinda Bilkent
Under the leadership of Turkey's president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey actively recruited these men and women to serve as agents for modernizing the new Republic.
Vice Consul Necdet Kent, who was assigned to Marscilles, and Vice Consul Namik Yolga, assigned to Paris, now men in their 80s and 90s recount their stories, along with rescued.
The story of the Turkish Consul to Rhodes, Selahattin Ulkumen, who was the only Turk to be awarded the honor of Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for his work in rescuing Jews of Turkish origin, is explored as well.
www.bilkent.edu.tr /bilkent-tr/general/basin/bb-haber69.html   (520 words)

  
 LM: "DESPERATE HOURS" A Documentary by Victoria BARRETT
Under the leadership of Turkey's president, Kemal Attaturk, Turkey actively recruited these men (and women) to serve as agents for modernizing the new Republic.
Vice Consul Necdet Kent who was assigned to Marseilles and Vice Consul Namik Yolga assigned to Paris, now men in their 80s and 90s, recount their stories, along with Turkish Jews they rescued.
The story of the Turkish Consul in Rhodes Selahattin Ulkemen, the only Turk to be awarded the honor of Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for his work is rescuing Jews of Turkish origin, is explored as well.
www.lightmillennium.org /winter_02/desperate_hours.html   (1202 words)

  
 One line on the newsRegimental garrisons to get Military Hotels TSMF asks court to deny Bilgin claim of bankruptcy ...
Retired ambassadors Namik Kemal Yolga and Necdet Kent and retired consul general Selaattin Ulkumen, who saved a large number of Jews from the Nazi Holocaust during the World War II, were presented with the "Foreign Ministry High Service" medal.
Yolga, Kent and Ulkumen received their medals from Logoglu after the speeches.
During the World War II, Yolga was Deputy Paris Consul General, Kent was Deputy Marseilles Consul General and Ulkumen was Rhodes Consul General.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=23344   (1920 words)

  
 Equality and a New Republic
Recognized in 1923 by the Treaty of Lausanne as a fully independent state within its presentday borders, Turkey accorded minority rights to the three principal nonMoslem religious minorities and permitted them to carry on with their own schools, social institutions and funds.
Several Turkish diplomats Ambassadors Behic Erkin and Numan Menemencioglu; ConsulGenerals Fikret Sefik Ozdoganci, Bedii Arbel, Selahattin Ulkumen; Consuls Namik Kemal Yolga and Necdet Kent, just to name only few of them (7) spent all their efforts to save from the Holocaust the Turkish Jews in those countries, and succeeded.
Salahattin Ulkumen, Consul General at Rhodes in 1943 1944, has been recognized by the Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile "Hassid Umot ha'Olam" in June 1990.
www.turkishjews.com /history/equality.asp   (355 words)

  
 Anadolu Agency: News in English, 01-05-15
Namik Kemal Yolga saved many Jewish people as he was working in French capital Paris.
I welcome the policy measures which State Minister Kemal Dervis has announced so far and the positive reaction to them at the IMF last week.'' Meanwhile, Blair sent another letter to congratulate Prime Minister Ecevit on the successful outcome of the hostage crisis at the Swissotel in Istanbul on 23 April.
The paper also included another statement of Dervis published on May 14 and noted that ''Kemal Dervis, Turkey's new economy chief, has vowed to resign if the government fails to implement reforms which are set on Tuesday to receive the backing of a new loan from the International Monetary Fund.
www.hri.org /news/turkey/anadolu/2001/01-05-15.anadolu.html   (5109 words)

  
 Necdet Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After more than an hour on the train, the guards let Kent and the Jews leave.
In 2001, Kent and two other diplomats, Namik Kemal Yolga and Selahattin Ulkumen, were honoured with Turkey's Supreme Service Medal as well as a special medal from Israel for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.
After World War II, Kent served at Turkey's consulate in New York and was ambassador to Thailand, India, Sweden and Poland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Necdet_Kent   (206 words)

  
 Turkish "Schindler" dies at 89
In 2001, Ulkumen and two other diplomats, Necdet Kent and Namik Kemal Yolga, were honored with the Supreme Service Medal - Turkey's highest honor - as well as a medal from Israel for saving Jews.
Kent, who gave Turkish citizenship to dozens of Turkish Jews without identity papers, died last year.
Yolga gave identity papers to Jews in France.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/926189/posts   (430 words)

  
 Commemoration Of Victims Of Holocaust
In 1492, Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire sheltered Jewish people who were forced to leave their homes by the Inquisition.
During the World War II, Turkish diplomats such as Sebahattin Ulkumen, Necdet Kent and Namik Kemal Yolga saved Jewish people in Rhodes, Marseilles and Paris from being sent to concentration camps by endangering their own lives.
Jewish scientists, who took shelter in Turkey, were assigned in leading universities and they contributed to education of Turkish youth,'' it said.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=105869   (447 words)

  
 Turkish Jewry - Das Judentum in der Türkei
In its place rose the young Turkish Republic.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was elected president, the Caliphate was abolished and a secular constitution was adopted.
Salahattin Ulkumen, ConsulGeneral at Rhodes in 1943 1944, has been recognized by the Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile "Hassid Umot ha'Olam" in June 1990.
www.hagalil.com /galluth/il-turk.htm   (2418 words)

  
 INEX: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (List of Turkey-related topics)
- Kemal Atatürk - Kemal Dervis - Kemal Sunal - Kenan Evren - Khair ad Din - Kilij Arslan I -
Naim Suleymanoglu - Namik Kemal Yolga - Nasreddin - Natalia Nasaridze - Nationalist Movement Party - NATO - Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign - Nazim Hikmet - Necdet Kent - Necdet Mahfi Ayral - Necmettin Erbakan - Neset Ertas - Neve Shalom synagogue -
- Yashar Kemal - Yerliyya - Young Turks - Yousuf Karsh - Youth Party (Turkey) - Yozgat -
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 Turkey: Recommended Reading - TripAdvisor
Intertwined with their stories of the townspeople is the history of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.
Upon the orders of Kemal Ataturk, the fez replaced the turban as Turkey's national headdress.
Outlawed completely in 1925, the turban is viewed as a symbol of Turkish backwardness.
www.tripadvisor.ie /Travel-g293969-s205/Turkey:Recommended.Reading.html   (1203 words)

  
 Muhtar Kent to take CEO for Coca-cola from July 1. - Uyghur American Association forum
And I said that I will accept to be examined by their medical staff."
In 2001, Kent and two other diplomats, Namik Kemal Yolga and Selahattin Ulkumen, were honoured with Turkey's Supreme Service Medal as well as a special medal from Israel for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust.
After World War II, Kent served at Turkey's consulate in New York and was ambassador to Thailand, India, Sweden and Poland.
www.uyghuramerican.org /forum/showthread.php?t=7682   (706 words)

  
 Turkish Press Review
At the press conference organized a couple hours prior to the meeting of the IMF Executive Directors, State Minister for the Economy, Kemal Dervis, said every citizen should support the new economic program to achieve a stronger Turkey with a stronger economy.
Greek Foreign Minister, George Papandreou, said Turkey should not be pressurized on this issue, because Turkey took some important steps for reform in prisons and before taking an initiative at the Union level, they should wait and see the results of these efforts.
Turkish Foreign Ministry presented medals for their high level performances to the Turkish diplomats Namik Kemal Yolga, Necdet Kent and Selahattin Ulkumen, who rescued Jews from the Nazi cruelty during the Second World War.
www.byegm.gov.tr /YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING2001/05/16x05x01.HTM   (2677 words)

  
 Genocides in Europe, the Middle East, and the Former Soviet Union
An interview with Turkish historian Halil Berktay regarding the Armenian Genocide.
[This and next two items are about Kemal Yalcin].
Kemal Yalcin: “ Not only Armenian but also Assyrians were victims for the Genocide 1915".
learning.lib.vt.edu /slav/genocide.html   (4517 words)

  
 Genocides in Europe, the Middle East, and the Former Soviet Union   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An interview with Turkish historian Halil Berktay regarding the Armenian Genocide.
[This and next two items are about Kemal Yalcin].
Kemal Yalcin: “ Not only Armenian but also Assyrians were victims for the Genocide 1915".
nosheep2.lib.vt.edu /slav/genocide.html   (4515 words)

  
 The Holocaust - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
List of people who helped Jews during the Holocaust — see also Righteous Among the Nations
Aristides Sousa Mendes, Oskar Schindler, Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, Namik Kemal Yolga, Necdet Kent, Jan Karski, Witold Pilecki, Zegota
List of German concentration camps and Nazi extermination camp
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