Osman Olcay Papers

Period 1939-1999
Total size   0.87 m.
ConsultationNot restricted

Biography

Born in Istanbul 1924, died in Ankara 2010; graduated at the Faculty of Political Science in Ankara 1944; entered the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1945; Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative in the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to NATO 1954-1959; Director of the NATO Department in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1959-1964; Ambassador of Turkey to Finland 1964-1966 and to India and Ceylon 1966-1968; Deputy Secretary General of NATO 1968-1971; Foreign Minister of Turkey 1971; Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN 1972-1975 and NATO 1978-1988; retired 1989.

Content

His diary 1944; documents concerning his study 1944; personal and general correspondence with, among others, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials of and ambassadors to the UN and NATO, Turkish colleagues including Hasan Esat Işık, Coşkun Kırca; Kamuran Gürün and Kamran İnan, journalists and statesmen including, Sadi Koçaş, Necdet Üruğ and Fahri Korutürk 1945-1999; texts of statements and speeches delivered to the assemblies, conferences and meetings 1968-1988; manuscripts and typescripts of his book ‘Sevres Andlaşmasına doğru’ (Towards the Treaty of Sèvres) and articles published in the Turkish daily Güneş 1990-1991; documents on meetings of the NATO-Council 1975-1988.