Ülkü Azrak
{{Short description|Turkish lawyer and academic (1933–2020)}}
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| name = Ülkü Azrak
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| birth_name = Ali Ülkü Azrak
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|7|24|df=y}}[https://siyasal.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/duyuru/vefat-ve-bassagligi-prof-dr-ali-ulku-azraki-kaybettik-76007600590065006C00740063004100770049004C0039007900700046006200610041004F003200370077003200 Vefat ve Başsağlığı: Prof. Dr. Ali Ülkü AZRAK'ı Kaybettik]
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|15|1933|7|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| nationality = Turkish
| alma_mater = Istanbul University (BS, 1956)
Istanbul University (PhD, 1970)
| occupation = Lawyer, academic
| title = Professor Doctor
| spouse = Hannelore Azrak
| children = 2
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Ali Ülkü Azrak (24 July 1933 – 15 April 2020) was a Turkish lawyer and academic.
Personal life
Career
= Academic =
Azrak graduated from Vefa High School as a top student. He later graduated from Istanbul University School of Law in 1956. He started to work as an assistant in Istanbul University in 1958. He became "Associate Professor" in 1970. In 1971, he started to work as an "Associate Professor" at Istanbul University School of Law - Administrative Law department and continued this duty until 1979. In 1979, he was among the people who founded the Istanbul University School of Political Sciences. He became a "Professor" in 1982 and continued his career as a lecturer until 2000 when he retired from Istanbul University, School of Political Sciences, Department of Management. He lectured at the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences and Marmara University between 1972 and 1985. In 1988, he became the Head of Management Sciences Department.
He served as the Head of Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences between 1994 and 1999, as Dean of Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences between 1995 and 1998, and as Head of Public Administration Department of Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences between 1998 and 1999. In 1999, he resigned from both his positions as head of the Social Sciences Institute and head of the Department of Public Administration and relinquished membership of the Senate after running into problems with Kemal Alemdaroğlu, the rector of Istanbul University at the time.{{cite news |last1=Belge |first1=Burçin |title=Alemdaroğlu Kemal Beyin Maceraları |url=http://bianet.org/bianet/egitim/4897-alemdaroglu-kemal-beyin-maceralari |accessdate=16 April 2020 |publisher=Bianet |date=29 September 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416053912/http://bianet.org/bianet/egitim/4897-alemdaroglu-kemal-beyin-maceralari |archivedate=16 April 2020 |location=Istanbul |language=Turkish}} He retired in 2000, but later started to work as a lecturer at Maltepe University School of Law. He left there in 2009 and returned to Istanbul University. Between 2001 and 2005, he served as a member of the Council of Higher Education after being appointed by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
= Other sectors =
Between 1994 and 1999 he was made the deputy chairman of the Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey. Between 2001 and 2003, he was a member of the Turkey Bar Association's Human Rights Advisory Board. He also served as the President of the Turkish-German Cultural Association and a member of the German-Turkish Public Law Platform. He also took part in the Advisory Board of the Union of Historic Cities.
Awards
He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on 29 November 2007.
Death
Azrak died at the Florence Nightingale Hospital on 15 April 2020, from complications of COVID-19 during the disease's pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Gönel |first1=Güç |title=Prof. Dr. Ülkü Azrak Kovid-19 nedeniyle hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/prof-dr-ulku-azrak-kovid-19-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti/1805708 |accessdate=16 April 2020 |agency=Anadolu Agency |date=15 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416043839/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/prof-dr-ulku-azrak-kovid-19-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti/1805708 |archivedate=16 April 2020 |location=Istanbul |language=Turkish}}{{cite news |title=Duayen hukukçu yaşamını yitirdi |url=https://odatv.com/duayen-hukukcu-yasamini-yitirdi-15042006.html |accessdate=16 April 2020 |publisher=OdaTV |date=15 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416052826/https://odatv.com/duayen-hukukcu-yasamini-yitirdi-15042006.html |archivedate=16 April 2020 |language=Turkish}} 10 days before his death, his German-born wife Hannelore Azrak had died from the same disease.{{cite news |title=15 gün önce eşini kaybetmişti... Prof. Dr. Ali Ülkü Azrak koronavirüs nedeniyle yaşamını yitirdi |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/egitim/prof-dr-ali-ulku-azrak-koronavirus-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti-41495123 |accessdate=16 April 2020 |publisher=Hürriyet |date=15 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416045147/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/egitim/prof-dr-ali-ulku-azrak-koronavirus-nedeniyle-hayatini-kaybetti-41495123 |archivedate=16 April 2020 |language=Turkish}}{{cite news |last1=Yılmaz |first1=Çiğdem |title=Prof. Dr. Ülkü Azrak yaşamını yitirdi! Hukukun üstünlüğüne adanmış bir ömür |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/prof-dr-ulku-azrak-yasamini-yitirdi-hukukun-ustunlugune-adanmis-bir-omur-6189753 |accessdate=16 April 2020 |publisher=Milliyet |date=16 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416051913/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/prof-dr-ulku-azrak-yasamini-yitirdi-hukukun-ustunlugune-adanmis-bir-omur-6189753 |archivedate=16 April 2020 |location=Istanbul |language=Turkish}}
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Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
Category:Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni
Category:Academic staff of Maltepe University
Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany