Diplomat, ambassador (B. 24 September 1936, Ankara- D. 5 August 2013,
Istanbul). He is the son of Selahattin Batu, father of Pelin Batu who is writer
and actress, and father of Arda Batu who is academician. He graduated from
Ankara University Political Sciences Faculty Diplomacy and International
Relations Department (1960). He worked in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He
worked as ambassador in Nicosia, Prague, United Nations, Islamabad and Rome,
and worked as member of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Turkish
Group. Also he worked as Vice Undersecretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as
congressman of Hatay from Republican People’s Party in TGNA during the 22nd
Term, and as member of Inter-Parliaments Union (IPU) Turkish Group. His work titled
Dış Politika Kıskacında Türkiye was
published in 2006. He passed away in Istanbul in 5 of August, 2013.
REFERENCE: İnal Batu son yolculuğuna uğurlandı (sabah.com.tr, 6.8.2013),
Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği / Türkiye Kültür Sanat Yıllığı (2014), İnal Batu
(wikipedia.org, access, 17.6.2014), İhsan Işık /
Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi
(V. 12, 2015).