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Place of Birth: Constantinople
About Zeki Kuneralp
- Zeki Kuneralp (5 October 1914 – 26 July 1998) was a Turkish diplomat, who was brought up in exile in Switzerland after the murder of his father, Ali Kemal Bey, during the Turkish War of Independence.
- After his education he returned to Turkey and, with the express approval of President Ismet Inönü, entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- At first taking up diplomatic posts throughout Europe, Kuneralp was later appointed Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Spain, as well as twice serving as Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry.
- He survived an assassination attempt which claimed the lives of his wife and her brother in Madrid in 1978.
- He retired, in part due to ill-health, in 1979, renouncing the world and current affairs, and turning his attention instead to writing and publishing.
- His autobiography was translated into English in 1992, while others of his books are considered important sources of twentieth century Turkish history.
- He died in Istanbul in 1998.
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