About Şükrü Elekdağ
Born 1924. Şükrü Elekdağ is a Turkish politician and diplomat.
Mustafa Şükrü Elekdağ (; born 29 September 1924) He was also the Member of Parliament (2002–2011) from the Republican People's Party.
He was one of the prepotent foreign policymakers of Turkey in the 1990s. In 1994, he wrote the 2½ War Strategy about Turkey's neighborhood relations and national security policy. He was a senior lecturer at Bilkent University between 1990–2002 and gave lectures about strategy, Turkish foreign policy, and security.
Elekdağ has played an important role in Turkey's Armenian genocide denial efforts. In 1982, he claimed that Turkey had not threatened the lives of Jews due to the inclusion of the Armenian genocide in the program of the International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide in Tel Aviv. This claim was false. Historian Taner Akçam describes Elekdag's policy on the Armenian Genocide as "extreme nationalist and aggressive denial".
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Who is Şükrü Elekdağ?
Turkish academic and statesperson (born 1924)
When was Şükrü Elekdağ born?
Şükrü Elekdağ was born on 29 September 1924 in Istanbul.
What is Şükrü Elekdağ's occupation?
Şükrü Elekdağ is a politician and diplomat.
What nationality is Şükrü Elekdağ?
Şükrü Elekdağ is Turkish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Şükrü Elekdağ. https://biography.guide/sukru-elekdag/
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