Seha Meray (1921–1978) was a Turkish academic.Boyut page
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. After graduating from

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in 1940, he studied in the Faculty of Political Sciences of

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. In 1944 he graduated from the faculty and became an academic in the same faculty. In 1948 he became the associate professor and in 1954 professor of International law. Between 23.02.1961 and 5.08.1961 he was elected as the

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. He went to

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and lectured on Space Law in

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as a visiting professor. He took part in the National committee of

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and

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. He died in 1978 in

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Books

In addition to textbooks, his books are the following Culture page
/ref> *''Toplum Bilim Üzerine'' ("On the Society and Science") *''İnsanca Yaşamak'' ("Living Humanly") *''Su Başlarını Devler Tutmuş'' ("Critical Posts were occupied by the Giants") *''Lozan Barış Konferansı Belgeleri'' ("Documents of Conference of Lausanne", 6 volumes)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meray, Seha 1921 births 1978 deaths Academics from Istanbul Galatasaray High School alumni Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Academic staff of Ankara University Academic staff of McGill University Rectors of Middle East Technical University Turkish expatriates in Canada