| Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Education: | Galatasaray High School |
| Alma Mater: | Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature |
| Party: | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Occupation: | Politician, diplomat and journalist |
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın (1892–1959) was a Turkish linguist, politician, journalist, diplomat, writer and author. He was one of the contributors of Süs, a women's magazine between 1923 and 1924.[2] He was a member of the commission involved in introducing the modern Turkish alphabet.[3] He was one of the founders of the Turkish Language Association and its first secretary general (1933).[4] [5] He was appointed ambassador to Albania (1934),[6] Hungary (1939–1943),[7] Italy (1943–1944), the United Kingdom (1944–1945),[8] and Greece (1945–1952).[9]
Ünaydın was a pioneer in Turkish literature and journalism for the interviews he published in 1917 and 1918. These were hailed as the first modern features appeared in Turkish newspapers, and were later published as a book entitled "Diyorlar Ki" (Thus They Said).[10]