Neoklis Sarris ''( Greek:'' '' Νεοκλής Σαρρής)'' was a Greek academic, jurist and politician. He was born in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

on 5 May 1940, and died in

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

on 19 November 2011 from cancer. Epikaira 2016. 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 Phanar Greek Orthodox College or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum (), known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople (, ''Megáli toú Genous Scholí''), is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Or ...

(known in Greek as the ''Great School of the Nation''). He studied Law, Political and Economic Sciences at the Universities of

and

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(Istanbul) and Psychology in

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. He received his PhD from the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ( AUTh; ), often called the University of Thessaloniki, is the second oldest tertiary education institution in Greece. Named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, about east of Thessa ...

Teaching

He was professor of Sociology of History at the

Panteion University The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (PUSPS; , ΠΠΚΠΕ), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University (Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο), is a university located in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1927, it is the ...

, specializing mainly in the

Ottoman period The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Euro ...

. He was President of the ''Panteion University Sociology Department''. He also taught Psychosociology at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

, and for 30 years he was professor of Sociology of film at the ''Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos'' (H.C.T.S.S.;

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: ''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 Zigdis, 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 Andreas Papandreou (, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as a ...

George Mavros Georgios Mavros () (Kastellorizo, 15 March 1909 – Athens, 6 May 1995) was a Greek jurist and politician. He served in several ministerial posts, and was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister in the 1974 national unity governm ...

, 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. Paron 2010. In the early 90s, Sarris is responsible for the idea of establishing May 19 in Greece as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day, also, in the late 90s Sarris and his wife Flora had the idea of establishing a Pontian University, but this idea was not implemented. In March 2012, few months after his death, succeeded from

Stavros Karampelas Stavros Karampelas is a Greek politician and currently the President of the Greek political party Enosi Dimokratikou Kentrou ( Union of the Democratic Centre). Biography He was born in Petroupoli (Athens) in July 1973. He studied Political Scie ...

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 Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice ...

''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:: Works, viaf.org * ''Ottoman Reality'' (2 volumes), 1990, * ''The Family in Turkey'', 1990, * ''Greek Society and Television'' (2 volumes), 1992 ** 1st volume: ** 2nd volume: * ''Foreign Policy and Political Developments of the first Turkish Republic'' (3 volumes), 1992, * ''Introduction to Sociometry, Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama'', 1995, * ''Philosophy of Society and State'' (2 volumes), 1997, ** 1st volume: ''Ancient World'' ** 2nd volume: ''Patristic Orthodoxy and Byzantine Thought'' * ''Pre-revolution Greece and Ottoman Rule'', 2005, * ''The other Side'' (3 volumes), 24/04/2023, ** 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

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External links

* http://www.politeianet.gr/books/sarris-neoklis-arsenidis-osmaniki-pragmatikotita-ditomo-167535 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarris, Neoklis 1940 births 2011 deaths Politics of Greece Turkish emigrants to Greece Greek politicians Deaths from cancer in Greece Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Constantinopolitan Greeks Politicians from Istanbul Academics from Istanbul Diplomats from Istanbul