Taha Carım (1914-1977) was a Turkish diplomat who held several high-ranking posts in Turkish foreign service and was assassinated by Armenian gunmen from Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide.
Carım was born in 1914 in Geneva in a family of a diplomat. After completion of his studies at Galatasaray High School, he went on to study in France, eventually graduating from University of Toulouse. During the World War II on 29 October 1941, Carım joined the foreign service and would continue working at the ministry for 36 years until his death. He started his service at the General Secretariat Department and was soon sent to Trade Department where he rose to the rank of 3rd secretary. In 1948, Carım was sent to work at the Turkish Consulate in Athens. In 1952, after receiving the first rank, he was sent to lead the embassy in Alexandria and the same year he started representing Turkey in NATO. In 1957, Carım was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Caracas, representing Turkey in Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador and Colombia. In 1960–1961, he served as an Ambassador in Karachi, in 1961–1965 in Ottawa and in 1965–1976 in Beirut. In 1971, during the conference on Armenian issues at the Academy of Foreign Affairs, he delivered a speech about centuries old tradition of coexistence of Turkish and Armenian people.[1]
On 9 June 1977, Taha Carım was returning to his residence and was ambushed by two Armenian gunmen from front and back. He was shot and killed instantly.[2][unreliable source?] The responsibility was claimed by JCAG.[3][unreliable source?]
In 2016, the papacy finally condemned of the 1977 assassination of Taha Carım in order to resolve a dispute with Turkey about the Armenian genocide. [4]
taha, carım, neutrality, this, article, disputed, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, remove, this, message, until, conditions, september, 2012, learn, when, remove, this, message, 1914, 1977, turkish, diplomat, held, several, high, ranking, posts. The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Taha Carim 1914 1977 was a Turkish diplomat who held several high ranking posts in Turkish foreign service and was assassinated by Armenian gunmen from Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide Taha CarimCarim sometime before his deathAmbassador of Republic of Turkey to VaticanIn office 1973 9 June 1977PresidentFahri KoruturkPersonal detailsBorn 1914 02 21 February 21 1914Geneva SwitzerlandDiedJune 9 1977 1977 06 09 aged 63 Rome ItalyManner of deathAssassinationAlma materGalatasaray High School University of ToulouseProfessionDiplomat Contents 1 Biography 2 Assassination 3 See also 4 ReferencesBiography editCarim was born in 1914 in Geneva in a family of a diplomat After completion of his studies at Galatasaray High School he went on to study in France eventually graduating from University of Toulouse During the World War II on 29 October 1941 Carim joined the foreign service and would continue working at the ministry for 36 years until his death He started his service at the General Secretariat Department and was soon sent to Trade Department where he rose to the rank of 3rd secretary In 1948 Carim was sent to work at the Turkish Consulate in Athens In 1952 after receiving the first rank he was sent to lead the embassy in Alexandria and the same year he started representing Turkey in NATO In 1957 Carim was appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Caracas representing Turkey in Venezuela Haiti Ecuador and Colombia In 1960 1961 he served as an Ambassador in Karachi in 1961 1965 in Ottawa and in 1965 1976 in Beirut In 1971 during the conference on Armenian issues at the Academy of Foreign Affairs he delivered a speech about centuries old tradition of coexistence of Turkish and Armenian people 1 Assassination editMain article Assassination of Taha Carim On 9 June 1977 Taha Carim was returning to his residence and was ambushed by two Armenian gunmen from front and back He was shot and killed instantly 2 unreliable source The responsibility was claimed by JCAG 3 unreliable source In 2016 the papacy finally condemned of the 1977 assassination of Taha Carim in order to resolve a dispute with Turkey about the Armenian genocide 4 See also editAssassination of Ismail Erez Assassination of Danis Tunaligil List of ambassadors of Turkey to Canada List of assassinated people from Turkey List of diplomatic missions of Turkey List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisationsReferences edit Taha Carim 1914 1977 Retrieved 1 November 2010 permanent dead link TURKISH DIPLOMATS KILLED BY THE ARMENIAN TERRORISTS DURING THEIR DUTY Archived from the original on 30 December 2010 Retrieved 1 November 2010 TAHA CARIM 9 Haziran 1977 Turkey sends back recalled Vatican ambassador Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Turkey nbsp Politics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taha Carim amp oldid 1161740064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
