Table Of ContentTurkish Foreign Policy
Prof. Dr. Yüksel INAN
1943–2015-
PınarGözenErcan
Editor
Turkish Foreign
Policy
International Relations, Legality and Global Reach
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PınarGözenErcan
DepartmentofInternationalRelations
HacettepeUniversity
Beytepe-Ankara,Turkey
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Inmemoryof ProfessorYüksel İnan
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OREWORD
AfarewelltoProfessorYükselİnan…IhadneverthoughtthatIwouldwrite
anintroductorypieceonYükseltobeincludedinanacademicvolumethat
hiscolleagueswouldcompileinhismemory.WhenDrGözenapproached
mewiththissuggestionIfirstfeltdeepsorrow…Meanwhile,Iwashappy
tohaveachancetotellothersaboutYüksel.Indeed,wearetalkingabouta
suddenendaftera30-year-oldfriendship.Somanymemories,lifeexperi-
encesandbeauties left behind…Itis noteasyto put them intowords.
I met Yüksel in the early1980s when I wasworkingat the Middle East
Technical University (METU). He came to our department to teach the
PublicInternationalLawcourse.Irememberthatfirstdayverywell.Before
Isaw him, Iheard hisfootsteps. Then,ablonde(grey-haired),sortoftall,
chic,smilingmanwithapairofwittyblueeyesenteredmyroom.Hesaid:
‘Hi,IamYükselİnan’,sowemet.Forthenextthreeyearshecametoour
faculty tooffer courses.Sometimes wewould have lunch together,sothat
wegottoknoweachotherbetter,andourfriendshipgrewstronger.
Hewasaverywarm-heartedperson.Healwaystookcareofthosearound
himandtriedtohelpthemoutineverywaypossible.Mostimportantly,he
did it in a very natural and sincere manner. When someone came to him
with a problem, asking for his help, he would say: ‘Don’t worry. Hold on
tight, we will eventually find a solution.’ He would ask some questions,
listentotheanswerscarefully,thenwithasmileonhisface—remindingofa
naughtychild—hewouldcomeupwithasuggestion.
Another quality of his that I admired—besides his distinguished aca-
demicpersonality—hadbeenhisenlighteningandsupportivementorship
to his students and younger colleagues. Acting in good faith, he had
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alwaysapproachedtheminafriendlymanner,withloveandsupport;but
never with prejudice. Many of Yüksel’s former students from the univer-
sities of Gazi, Hacettepe, METU and Bilkent, who decided to pursue an
academicpath,havenowbecomesuccessfulacademicians.Likewise,Ican
say that there are hundreds of students who have grasped from Yüksel
something about life besides academic knowledge, and who miss and
rememberhimwithgratitude.Whatelsecantherebethatissowonderful
thata scholar, ateacher can leave behind…?
We had a small group including Yüksel, myself, Professor Burcu
Bostancı and our past students from METU, Dr Serpil Güdül and Halil
Kepoğlu. Sometimes, Professor Üstün Dikeç and Professor Galip İsen
wouldalsojoinus.WheneverIwenttoAnkara,wewouldmeetfordinner
at Kumsal Restaurant, enjoy a few laughs, and others in the restaurant
wouldenvyus.Withthisgroup,wemetthreetimesinÇanakkale.Lastly,
wecametogetherinFebruary2015.Werentedacarandvisitedtheruins
ofTroy,Gallipoli,andtheNationalParksites.Whatisnowleftbehindis
wonderfulmemories capturedin photos.
Then,onedayearlyinthemorninginJuneofthatveryyear,whenIwas
on the ferry from Çanakkale to Eceabat, my cell phone rang. Yüksel was
calling.I answeredthe phoneasking:‘What’s up, youwouldn’t callmeso
earlyinthemorning?’Alas,itwasnotYükselbuthiswifeNurdan.Shewas
weeping. ‘Mete it is me. Yüksel will no longer call you. We lost him last
night.Hepassed away from a heart attack.’ I said: ‘What, isYüksel dead!?
Thismustbeajoke!’.Iwasintotalshock,unabletograspwhatwasgoing
on.I just could not believewhat Iheard…Itwasonlytwo days ago,just
before Father’s Day, that I called him and asked how he was doing. He
repliedjoyfully:‘KidsarecomingfromIstanbulwithmygranddaughter,we
aregoingtocelebrateFather’sDay.’Itwasobviousthathewasoverjoyed.
Afterwards? I flew to Ankara. Dear Serpil and Halil picked me up, and
we visited Yüksel’s family to pay our condolences. His home was full of
visitors.Everyonewastalkingabouthim,sharingamemory.Onthedayof
his funeral, despite the heavy rain, the huge crowd comprising of his
former colleagues, students, friends and family filled the courtyard of the
Kocatepe Mosque. When I think of that day, I recall all those wreaths,
flowers and his enlarged photo by the side of his coffin that captured his
eversmilingface.ItwasasifYükselwassayinggoodbyetohislovedones.
Iwill always rememberhim smiling.
Ahmet MeteTunçoku
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REFACE AND CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tohonourhismemoryandexpresstheirgratitudeforhisvariouscontribu-
tions to Turkish academia, Professor İnan’s former colleagues, research
assistants and students, who are now faculty members in prominent
Turkishuniversities,havewrittenthiscollectionoforiginalresearcharticles.
As a respected Turkish professor of international law, he had taught for
morethanthreedecadesinprominentTurkishuniversitiessuchasBilkent,
Gazi, METU and, most recently, Hacettepe. From 1997 to 2004, he had
also served as a legal adviser of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
regarding issues of international law and the law of the sea. His main
contributions to the literature include his works regarding the Aegean
disputes, the legal regime of the Turkish Straits and the legal aspects of
internationalwatercourses,besidesotherissuesrelatedtointernationallaw.
This collection is an academic as well as a very personal one, reflecting
the close and warm relationship between Professor İnan and his former
colleagues and students. The contributions to this tome were inspired
from Professor İnan’s objective and constructive approach, as well as his
commitmenttothesettlementofbilateraldisputesingoodfaith,whichhe
hadpassedontohisstudentsasamottofordecades.Thecontributorsof
thisvolumehadcometogetherunderthemainthemeofTurkishforeign
policy,withtheaimtopresentafreshandcriticallookatthepersistingand
changingaspectsofTurkey’sbilateralandmultilateralrelations,aswellas
to unveilunderexplored aspects.
Iwouldliketoexpressmydeepestgratitudetoallthosewhohelpedme
toturnthisprojectintoreality;toallmyprofessors,colleaguesandfriends
who have contributed to this edited volume with their original scholarly
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articles; to my senior commissioning editor Sarah Roughley and her
editorial assistant Samantha Snedden for their full support during the
preparation and publishing processes of the book; to the anonymous
reviewers for their constructive comments; to Defne Günay, Ömür
Atmaca and Claire Mayfield for their invaluable friendship, encourage-
ment and all sorts of support; to my husband Gönenç Ercan and my
motherBerrinGözenfortheirunquestionedsupportandencouragement
at alltimes.
IowemorethanIcanexpresstoNurBilgeCrissforherimmeasurable
andineffablesupport,encouragementandpatience.Withouthervaluable
insights, deep knowledge, selfless assistance and undeniable mentorship,
this project would be incomplete. Last but not least, I am indebted to
Yükselİnan;hewasnotonlymymentorand‘thesisfather’,butalsoagreat
support andaninspiration.
Pınar Gözen Ercan
