| Daniş Tunalıgil | |
| Order: | 39th |
| Ambassador From: | Turkish |
| Country: | Austria |
| Term Start: | 1 January 1973 |
| Term End: | 22 October 1975 |
| Predecessor: | Hüveyda Mayatepek |
| Successor: | Asaf İnhan |
| President: | Cevdet Sunay Fahri Korutürk |
| Order2: | 27th |
| Ambassador From2: | Turkish |
| Country2: | the Netherlands |
| Term Start2: | 30 November 1970 |
| Term End2: | 2 November 1973 |
| Predecessor2: | Vahit Halefoğlu |
| Successor2: | Oktay Cankardeş |
| President2: | Cevdet Sunay |
| Order3: | 22nd |
| Ambassador From3: | Turkish |
| Country3: | Yugoslavia |
| Term Start3: | 23 July 1964 |
| Term End3: | 18 September 1968 |
| Predecessor3: | Orhan Eralp |
| Successor3: | Üstün Gündoğdu |
| President3: | Cemal Gürsel |
| Order4: | 6th |
| Ambassador From4: | Turkish |
| Country4: | Jordan |
| Term Start4: | 29 April 1960 |
| Term End4: | 1 July 1964 |
| Predecessor4: | Mahmut Dikerdem |
| Successor4: | Hüveyda Mayatepek |
| President4: | Cemal Gürsel |
| Birth Date: | 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Ankara, Turkey |
| Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Spouse: | Ferzane Tunalıgil |
| Alma Mater: | Galatasaray High School |
| Profession: | Diplomat |
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.[1]
Tunalıgil was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1915. He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1933.[2] 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.
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.[3] Tunalıgil died on the spot and the militants quickly left the scene by an automobile.[4]
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.[5]
The 3 militants were never identified and caught.[6] [7] 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.[8]