TÖB-DER executive İsmet Yalçınkaya dies
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- İsmet Yalçınkaya, a former deputy chairman of Turkey’s All Teachers’ Union and Solidarity Association, has died.
- He was detained after the Sept. 12 military coup, spent a long period in prison and later helped organize education workers and unionization efforts.
- His funeral will take place at Batıkent Ergazi Cemevi before his burial in Haymana on Friday, Sept. 4.
İsmet Yalçınkaya, deputy chairman of the All Teachers’ Union and Solidarity Association, known by its Turkish acronym TÖB-DER, has died.
Yalçınkaya was detained during the period following the Sept. 12 military coup and spent a long time in prison. He later became one of the prominent figures in labor and education activism.
He also played an important organizing role in the re-establishment of education workers’ organizations and the unionization process after the coup. Yalçınkaya was among the founders of Eğit-Der and helped publish ABC magazine.
A ceremony for Yalçınkaya will be held at Batıkent Ergazi Cemevi at noon on Friday, Sept. 4. He will then be buried in Haymana.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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