Neoklis Sarris

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.

In the early 90s, Sarris is responsible for the idea of establishing 19 May 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.

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 Yet, he has written the preface in many Greek books and Turkish scholar publications, while many of his works remain unpublished.

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