Kemal Kavur

Nejad Kemal Kavur (1907 in Istanbul – 1975 in Istanbul) was a Turkish diplomat.

Kemal Kavur was educated at the renown Lycee Galatasay, where he also excelled as a football player. He went on to study at the Faculty Political Science (Mulkiye) in Ankara, followed by a post-graduate degree at University of Berlin, specialisizing in public international law.

Kavur then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kemal Atatürk's newly formed Turkish Republic; within it quickly rising to serve as Chargé d'affaires at the Berlin embassy- to Adolf Hitler's Germany. After the war, Kavur was appointed as ambassador to Helsinki, Finland, where his son Celal was born in 1949. Kavur then served as ambassador in Sofia, Bulgaria, followed by five years in Moscow, (1955–60). a most challenging ambassadorial posting under Nikita Khrushchev, at the height of the Cold War. Kavur was then appointed as ambassador to Japan (1960–62),[1] and to the United Kingdom (1962–64).[2] Then, after serving as ambassador (1964–69) in Bern, Switzerland, Kavur finally retired.

Kemal Kavur was an "old school" diplomat, believing totally in savoir-faire and building bridges, while his guiding force was the love of his country, freedom and democracy. In this respect, Kavur's work as a diplomat was important to the NATO alliance, especially while serving in Bulgaria and the Soviet Union.

References
  • International Who's Who
  • Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • The Diplomat
  1. "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Tokyo Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Londra Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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