Jürgen Koebke, Professor emeritus and former head of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Cologne, Germany, Honored Member of Turkish Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy (TSACA), Scientific Advisory Board Member of our journal Anatomy, my master and close friend tragically passed away at the age of 66 on February 23, 2012 in Cologne, Germany. He was an eminent figure in the areas of anatomy and biomechanics, and one of the latest world-renowned representatives of the German school of gross and clinical anatomy.