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The book titled “In Memory of Sadık Ahmet” has been published

The book titled “In Memory of Sadık Ahmet, the Gray Wolf of the Balkans”, prepared for Dr. Sadık Ahmet, one of the political leaders of the Western Thrace Turks, has been published. The book includes an article by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur Yasin Asal, Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, together with Mr. Alper Uzunyol, a student of our University’s Political Science and International Relations PhD Program.

The book, which was introduced to its readers by Berkan Publishing House, was prepared under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Saadettin Yağmur Gömeç, Prof. Dr. Feyzan Göher and Assoc. Prof. Dr Hüsne Hilal Şahin. The book also features an article titled “Dr. Sadık Ahmet’s Leadership in the Political Struggle of the Western Thrace Turks”, written by one of our academicians, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur Yasin Asal, together with Political Science and International Relations PhD Program student Mr. Alper Uzunyol.

Dr. Sadık Ahmet was known for his activities that drew attention to the political pressure that Greece exerted on the Western Thrace Turkish Minority at a time when Turkish-Greek relations were strained due to the Cyprus problem. Sadık Ahmet served his native land for years, both as a doctor and as a community leader.