Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1884 – 15 April 1934) was a
Turkish
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career officer and politician. He was instrumental in establishing
diplomatic relations
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between the
Turkish Republic
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and
Nazi Germany
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.
Gallery
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00059, Kemaleddin Sami Pascha.jpg , Kemalettin Sami Gökçen in Germany, 1926.
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-03070, Berlin, 10. Jahrestag der türkischen Republik.jpg, Kemalettin Sami Gökçen as ambassador to Berlin (far right), during the 10 year anniversary of the Turkish Republic.
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-07653, Berlin, Ankunft des türkischen Aussenministers.jpg, Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (far right) with Tevfik Rüştü Aras
Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883, Çanakkale – 5 January 1972, Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1923–1938). He played a prominent role in the Armenian genocide.
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(second from left), and Carl von Schubert (far left)
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1884 births
1934 deaths
People from Sinop, Turkey
People from Kastamonu vilayet
Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni
Ottoman Military College alumni
Ottoman Army officers
Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
Turkish Army generals
Deputies of Sinop
20th-century Turkish diplomats
Ambassadors of Turkey to Germany
Burials at Turkish State Cemetery