Ömer Engin Lütem, (1933,

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

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- 6 January 2018) was a Turkish writer, diplomat, researcher and lecturer.

Life

Education

Ambassador Ömer Engin Lütem graduated from

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

, then studied Political Sciences at

Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ...

in 1957 and started his career as a diplomat in the same year.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

He held different positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his service. Some of his duties included

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between 1975 and 1979, Director General of Intelligence and Research from 1981 until 1983. Also he had four high-level diplomatic posts; Ambassador to

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(1983 - 1989), Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry (1989 - 1992), Ambassador to

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(1992 - 1995) and the

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(1995 - 1997).

Post retirement

Lütem retired in 1998 and served as the Director of the Institute for Armenian Research at Eurasian Strategic Research Center (2000 - 2008) and Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies (2009 - 2012). He was also the editor in chief of the journals Armenian Studies, Review of Armenian Studies, and International Crimes and History. Lütem died on 6 January 2018.

Writing Works

* Turkish-Bulgarian Relations, 1983 - 1989 Volume 1, ASAM, Ankara, 2000 * Balkan Diplomacy, ASAM, Ankara 2001
Handbook of the Armenian Question, ASAM-TEİMK, Ankara, 2003
* Turkish-Bulgarian Relations, 1983 - 1989 Volume 2, ASAM, Ankara, 2005 * Armenian Terror, ASAM, Ankara, 2007
Armenian Question: Basic Knowledge and Documentation, AVİM, Ankara, 2009

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