Neoklis Sarris ''( Greek:'' '' Νεοκλής Σαρρής)'' was a Greek Academic, Jurist and Politician. He was born in

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on 5 May 1940, and died in

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on 19 November 2011 from cancer.

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 The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences ( el, Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University, is a university loc ...

, specializing mainly in the Ottoman period. He was President of the Panteion University Sociology Department. He also taught Psycho-sociology at the University of Zurich, and for 30 years he was professor of ‘Sociology of Film’ at the .

Politics

At age of 20, Neoklis Sarris was a political advisor of the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras. He was a consultant of George Mavros and John Zighdis, who were Presidents of the Union Democratic Centre party (E.DI.K.). 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 Georgios Mavros ( el, Γεώργιος Μαύρος) (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 ...

, 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. 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 Yet, he has written the preface in many Greek books and Turkish scholar publications, while many of his works remain unpublished.

References

* http://www.paron.gr/v3/new.php?id=50186&colid=37&catid=42&dt=2016-03-06&search=%CD%E5%EF%EA%EB%DE%F2+%D3%E1%F1%F1%DE%F2 * http://www.paron.gr/v3/new.php?id=50186&colid=37&catid=42&dt=2016-03-06&search=%CD%E5%EF%EA%EB%DE%F2+%D3%E1%F1%F1%DE%F2 * http://www.epikaira.gr/article/neoklis-sarris-1940-2011-to-sathro-oikodomima-tisellinotoyrkikis-filias * 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