Roger Short MVO (9 December 1944 – 20 November 2003) was a British

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who was killed on 20 November 2003 in a

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Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

while serving as the British Consul-General in

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. The bombing killed at least 27 people and may have been targeted directly at Short and his consul staff because they were representatives of the United Kingdom. Short was educated at

Malvern College Malvern College is an Independent school (United Kingdom), independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school in the British sen ...

and

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. He joined the British Foreign Office in 1969 and was widely considered to be an expert in Turkish affairs. While he had been posted in Turkey for most of his career, he also served as consul-general in

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and was the British

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in 1994.

External links

Obituary: Roger Short
news.bbc.co.uk. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
Roger Short - Diplomat with a special love of Turkey
www.timesonline.co.uk. 21 November 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Short, Roger 1944 births 2003 deaths Assassinated British diplomats Deaths by car bomb in Turkey Alumni of University College, Oxford British terrorism victims Terrorism deaths in Turkey British people murdered abroad Members of the Royal Victorian Order People murdered in Turkey People educated at Malvern College Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria People killed by al-Qaeda 20th-century British diplomats 21st-century British diplomats Victims of Islamic terrorism 2003 murders in Turkey