Sadi Eldem

Osman Sadi Eldem (1910–1995) was a Turkish diplomat and served as the ambassador of Turkey to Spain between 1969 and 1972 and then to Iran from 1972 to 1975.

Early life and education Sadi was born in Marseille, France, on 10 April 1910. He was the youngest child of İsmail Hakkı and Azize Hanım. He held a PhD degree in law from the University of Paris in 1940. Eldem replaced Namık Yolga as the ambassador of Turkey to Iran on 27 November 1972. Eldem was in office until his retirement on 10 April 1975, and Rahmi Gümrükçüoğlu succeeded him in the post. Their son, Edhem Eldem (born 2 March 1960), is a historian and academic working at Boğaziçi University. On 2 September 1983 he married Zeynep Sedef Torunoglu, and they had a daughter, Simin Eldem (born on 2 January 1987). He was buried next to his daughter, Necla, and in-laws in Yahya Efendi Mausoleum in Beşiktaş, Istanbul.