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Neoklis Sarris (Greek: Νεοκλής Σαρρής) was a Greek academic, jurist and politician. He was born in Istanbul on 5 May 1940, and died in Athens on 19 November 2011 from cancer. His great-grandfather Alexandros as a grain merchant moved to Istanbul from Makrinitsa, thus Neoklis Sarris' origin was Greek.
Education
Neoklis Sarris was a graduate of the Phanar Greek Orthodox College (known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation). He studied Law, Political and Economic Sciences at the Universities of Athens and Constantinople (Istanbul) and Psychology in Geneva. He received his PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Teaching
He was professor of Sociology of History at the Panteion University, specializing mainly in the Ottoman period. He was President of the Panteion University Sociology Department. He also taught Psychosociology at the University of Zurich, and for 30 years he was professor of Sociology of film at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos (H.C.T.S.S.; Greek: Σχολή Κινηματογράφου και Τηλεόρασης του Λυκούργου Σταυράκου).
Politics
At the age of 20, Neoklis Sarris was a political advisor of the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I.
He was a consultant of George Mavros and John Zighdis, who were Presidents of the Union Democratic Centre party (E.DI.K.), and after the death of the second, he was appointed the presidency of the party by the Union of the Democratic Centre, and thus became the fourth president after George Papandreou, George Mavros, and John Zigdis in successive order.
In the late 70s, he was an (informal) mediator between Greece and Turkey, negotiating with all of the Turkish leadership and the Prime Minister Mustafa Bülent Ecevit and transferring their thoughts to the Greek Prime Minister through Georgios Mavros.
In March 2012, few months after his death, succeeded from Stavros Karampelas at the 3rd Congress of the Union of the Democratic Centre.
Works
He has published numerous articles in scientific journals and in the daily press. In 2010, he edited the book by academic and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Strategic Depth. The International Position of Turkey. Yet, he has written the preface in many Greek books and Turkish scholar publications, while many of his works remain unpublished.
His main works are:
Ottoman Reality (2 volumes), 1990, ISBN 9789602530030
The Family in Turkey, 1990, ISBN 9789607056054
Greek Society and Television (2 volumes), 1992
1st volume: ISBN 9789607083036
2nd volume: ISBN 9789607083043
Foreign Policy and Political Developments of the first Turkish Republic (3 volumes), 1992, ISBN 9789607083050
Introduction to Sociometry, Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, 1995, ISBN 9789607263155
Philosophy of Society and State (2 volumes), 1997, ISBN 9789603523932
1st volume: Ancient World
2nd volume: Patristic Orthodoxy and Byzantine Thought
Pre-revolution Greece and Ottoman Rule, 2005, ISBN 9789607290298
The other Side (3 volumes), 24/04/2023, ISBN 9789925581542
1st volume: Political Diary of the Invasion and Dismemberment of Cyprus
2nd volume: Diplomatic Diary of the Invasion and Dismemberment of Cyprus I
3rd volume: Diplomatic Diary of the Invasion and Dismemberment of Cyprus II
References
Sources
"Memory to Neoklis Sarris". EDIK.gr. Nov 19, 2012. Retrieved Nov 25, 2024.
"Neoklis Sarris left us". Elliniki-Gnomi.eu. Dec 4, 2011. Retrieved Nov 24, 2024.
"Professor Neoklis Sarris' Funeral to be Held on Tuesday". GreekReporter.com. Nov 20, 2011. Retrieved Nov 22, 2024.
"Neoklis Sarris (1940-2011): The fragile edifice of "Greek-Turkish friendship"". Epikaira.gr. Feb 21, 2016. Retrieved Nov 22, 2024.
"Lost Opportunities or Lost Memory". Paron.gr. Jan 31, 2010. Retrieved Nov 25, 2024.
External links
http://www.politeianet.gr/books/sarris-neoklis-arsenidis-osmaniki-pragmatikotita-ditomo-167535
