Hüseyin Daniş Tunalıgil (1915 – 22 October 1975) was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by JCAG in 1975 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Austria.Newspaper Milliyet October 22, 2004
Life and career Tunalıgil was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1915. He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1933.Oku July 4, 2007 In 1939, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his diplomatic career he had been ambassador of Turkey to Jordan, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands and finally Austria.
Assassination At noon, on 22 October 1975, three gunmen bearing automatic weapons ambushed the Turkish Embassy in Vienna, killing the security guards and entering the Ambassador's office. Once face to face with the ambassador, the militants asked if he was the Turkish ambassador. Receiving an affirmative answer, they shot him with British and Israeli made submachine guns.Lester A. Sobel, "Political terrorism, Volume 2, University of Michigan, Facts on File, 1978, p. 248 Tunalıgil died on the spot and the militants quickly left the scene by an automobile.
The attack was followed by another planned attack against the ambassador of Turkey to France, Ismail Erez on October 24, 1975 killing him and his chauffeur.Guerre et terrorisme arméniens, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2002, p. 44
The 3 militants were never identified and caught.Encyclopedia of terrorism , Infobase Publishing, 2007, Cindy C. Combs, Martin W. Slann, p. 394]Michael M. Gunter, "Pursuing the Just Cause of their People. A Study of Contemporary Armenian Terrorism, Westport-New York-London, Greenwood Press, 1986, p. 68 It was the first assassination perpetrated by JCAG, and by 1984 it would have claimed the lives of 20 Turkish diplomats and members of their immediate families.Baron Max, Beloff Beloff, "Beyond the Soviet Union: the fragmentation of power, Ashgate, 1997, p. 42
See also List of assassinated people from Turkey List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations List of attacks by the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide Assassination of Taha Carım Assassination of İsmail Erez ASALA
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