Pictures of the body of a drowned Syrian toddler lying on the beach at Bodrum, south-western Turkey, prompted international outrage and an outpouring of sympathy for migrants earlier this month. Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, his four-year-old brother and mother perished trying to make the crossing.
Bodrum is a gateway to the European Union and thousands of others have risked their lives crossing from the resort to the Greek island of Kos on tiny boats.
The consul, Francoise Olcay, was secretly filmed by France 2 television at her boat supplies shop selling inflatable dinghies and life jackets to Syrians who have fled civil war. The shop has a French flag hanging outside, beside a plaque reading "Consular agency of France".
She has a very bright future in American politics should she decide to come to the States.