Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın (1892–1959) was a Turkish

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, politician, journalist, diplomat, author, and scholar of

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. He contributed to '' Süs'', a women's magazine, between 1923 and 1924. Ünaydın was a member of the commission that introduced the modern

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. He was also one of the founders and the first secretary general (1933) of the

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. He was appointed as the ambassador to

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(1934),

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(1939–1943),

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(1943–1944), the

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(1944–1945), and

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(1945–1952). Ünaydın was a pioneer in

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and journalism due to the interviews he published in 1917 and 1918. Considered the first modern features in Turkish newspapers, they were later published as a book entitled "Diyorlar Ki" (Thus They Said).

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1892 births 1959 deaths Writers from Istanbul 20th-century Turkish journalists 20th-century Turkish writers 20th-century Turkish diplomats Diplomats from Istanbul Ambassadors of Turkey to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Turkey to Albania Ambassadors of Turkey to Hungary Ambassadors of Turkey to Italy Ambassadors of Turkey to Greece Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery {{Turkey-diplomat-stub