Title: Photograph album documenting the diplomatic service of Yümni Sedes
Authors: Sedes, Yümni,
Year: 1932
Subjects: Sedes, Yümni Career in diplomatic and consular service Photographs.; Franco, Francisco, Portraits.; Diplomatic and consular service, Turkish China Photographs.; Diplomatic and consular service, Turkish Japan Photographs.; Diplomats Turkey Photographs.; World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history Photographs.; Turkey Foreign relations China Photographs.; Turkey Foreign relations Japan Photographs.
Abstract: Album of black-and-white photographs compiled by Yümni Sedes (b. 1909), a Turkish diplomat who entered the Foreign Ministry in 1937 and served as second secretary in Chungking (Chongqing), China, before being transferred to Tokyo in 1940. Snapshots show Sedes's activities in China and Japan during World War II, including visits to the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Ming Tombs; dancing and dining around Shanghai in the Park Hotel, the Tower nightclub in the Cathay Hotel, and at the Russian New Year's ball at the Cercle français sportif; and views of Mount Fuji, the Great Buddha of Kamakura, and cherry blossoms. Studio, informal, and group portraits show Sedes at various ages and posing with government officials, foreign dignitaries, and other associates. Of special note is a portrait of Francisco Franco inscribed to Sedes and dated 1951.