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Turkey: Martyred teachers honored on Teachers' Day

Teachers, including Necmettin Yilmaz, Senay Aybuke Yalcin and Nese Alten, martyred by PKK commemorated on Nov. 24

Tugba Yardimci  | 24.11.2020 - Update : 25.11.2020
Turkey: Martyred teachers honored on Teachers' Day

TRABZON, Turkey

In honor of Teachers' Day on Nov. 24, Turkey on Tuesday once again commemorated teachers martyred in the country by the PKK terrorist organization.

Besides its deadly attacks on Turkish security forces, the terror group has targeted teachers like Necmettin Yilmaz, Senay Aybuke Yalcin, Nese Alten, Ayse and Numan Konakci, Yasemin and Bayram Tekin and hundreds of other fellow educators in a bid to disturb the peace and security of the country.

Senay Aybuke Yalcin, a 22-year-old music teacher in the southeastern Batman province, was killed by PKK terrorists on June 9, 2017.

Yalcin was returning to her home in the district of Kozluk after handing out her students' report cards on the last day of the school year when she was heavily injured in the crossfire of an attack by the terror group on then-Kozluk Mayor Veysi Isik. She died later of her wounds in the hospital.

Just days later, elementary school teacher Necmettin Yilmaz, 23, also fell victim to PKK terrorism. He was kidnapped by a group of terrorists in the Pulumur district of the eastern Tunceli province. His burnt-out vehicle was found on June 16, while his body was recovered almost a month later near the Pulumur Stream.

Nese Alten pursued a career in teaching in the steps of her father, Hasan Alten. Both were martyred by PKK terrorists on Oct. 26, 1993, in the Bismil district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakir.

On the same day, the terrorists also martyred a teacher couple, Numan and Ayse Konakci, in Bismil's Babahaki village.

In their honor, a school in the Hirka village of southwestern Denizli province's Tavas district was named after Numan Konakci, while his wife Ayse Konakci's name was given to another school in the same district's town of Ulukent.

On Oct. 25, 1993, the terrorist group had this time martyred not only a teacher couple but their young daughter as well in the eastern Bitlis province's Duzkoy Erikli village.

Teachers Yasemin and Bayram Tekin and their daughter were martyred while Yasemin was pregnant with their second child.

Yasemin's name was given to a school in Bitlis's Tatvan district.


6 teachers martyred 1 day by PKK

On Sept. 11, 1994, six teachers, Rustem Sen, Metin Kaynar, Ali Ihsan Cetinkaya, Mustafa Karinca, Buminhan Temizkan and Vedat Inan, were all martyred by terrorists.

All six were murdered by the PKK terrorists at the school's housing site in the eastern Tunceli province's Mazgirt district.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.

The Turkish National Education Ministry on its website published the names of teacher martyrs, including those martyred by PKK terrorists, along with the date and place of their death. Here as follows;

11.05.1917- IraqAbdulkerim Usta

31.10.1917- PalestineMahmut Karabekirogullari

20.09.1918- PalestineTeacher Suleyman

23.12.1930- Izmir, MenemenMustafa Fehmi Kubilay

26.06.1979-GaziantepMehmet Saygiguder

14.01.1980-IstanbulRecep Cakir

7.04.1980-AgrıNevzat Demirci

28.05.1980-BatmanFevzi Ates

2.06.1980-IstanbulAli Incekara

5.07.1980-AdanaErgun Erol Gursesoglu

15.05.1987-MazgirtIsa Karaaslan

21.05.1987-DiyarbakirAsim Ozden

25.05.1987-MardinAydin Acun

4.11.1987-DiyarbakirTahir Civil

12.11.1987-SirnakSenol AKAR

11.01.1988-MardinAdem Akdeniz

12.03.1988-BatmanHuseyin Aydemir

25.03.1988-MardinMuhammed Yildiz

12.04.1988-TunceliLokman Ceker

15.04.1988-TunceliAli Bosgelmez

23.04.1988-TunceliMustafa Caglar

5.11.1988-MardinMithat Eren

5.11.1988-MardinNuri Ozturk

4.12.1988-BatmanSezgin Yolcu

6.09.1989-SiirtMehmet Kapusuz

6.09.1989-SiirtCevik Ersin Temel

6.09.1989-SiirtDurmus Guclu

17.10.1989-MardinFasih Sogut

28.03.1990-KahramanmarasHanifi Cakallioglu

14.04.1990-ElazigAhmet Bekar

14.04.1990-ElazigIzzet Yuksel

3.09.1990-MusErtan Sevim

19.09.1990-KarsAli Karaoglan

7.11.1990-GaziantepMehmet Gezer

20.10.1991-MardinAbdulkadir Ugurlu

17.11.1991-TunceliEsma Karadogan

6.01.1992-MardinIbrahim Kizmaz

19.03.1992-MardinOrhan Gok

23.03.1992-DiyarbakirMehmet Geren

29.04.1992-IgdirSevki Akgun

4.05.1992-ErzurumIlyas Acar

20.05.1992-DiyarbakirOrhan Korkmaz

5.06.1992-MardinSeydo Aydogan

13.08.1992-DiyarbakirElif Livan

23.08.1992-DiyarbakirRamazan Ergi

29.08.1992-AdanaAbdurrahman Taner

16.09.1992-DiyarbakirEngin Eker

6.10.1992-MardinAbdulvahap Yersiz

11.11.1992-DiyarbakirEmin Aydin

11.11.1992-DiyarbakirVural Akdeniz

22.11.1992-DiyarbakirM.Mehdi Sanli

6.12.1992-DiyarbakirMehmet Emin Ozden

6.12.1992-DiyarbakirAhmet Koparan

3.01.1993-BitlisHalis Sisman

13.01.1993-DiyarbakirZubeyr Akkoc

13.01.1993-DiyarbakirRamazan Aydın Bilge

18.02.1993-MardinErtugrul Alptekin

22.02.1993-SiirtIsmail Celik

19.04.1993-DiyarbakirAlihan han

24.05.1993-BingolAbdullah Kara

24.05.1993-BingolMehmet Birol

24.05.1993-ElazigBirol Irfan Askar

10.06.1993-BatmanAli Riza Pekgoz

11.06.1993-DiyarbakirNuriye Ak

21.06.1993-TunceliNevzat Akdemir

23.06.1993-TunceliHamza Cetin

23.06.1993-TunceliErkan Aydin

24.06.1993-BingolSelahattin Aysan

5.08.1993-DiyarbakirM.Mecit Yalcin
7.09.1993-DiyarbakirOsman Cicek

16.09.1993-TunceliAyhan Kural

21.09.1993-DiyarbakirAli Sahap Salik

29.09.1993-SanliurfaGurez Simsek

29.09.1993-SanliurfaZeki Senoglu

6.10.1993-TunceliNurgul (KALE) Aladag

6.10.1993-TunceliBayram Aladag

7.10.1993-TunceliTaskin Senger

7.10.1993-TunceliOrhan Bakis

7.10.1993-TunceliFevzi Katar

7.10.1993-TunceliUnal Atli

22.10.1993-DiyarbakirEthem Yasar

22.10.1993-DiyarbakirA.Nurettin Soyer

22.10.1993-DiyarbakirAli Yildirim

22.10.1993-DiyarbakirHuseyin Yavuz

24.10.1993-DiyarbakirZeki Savruk

25.10.1993-VanMehmet Izdal

25.10.1993-BitlisAbdurrahman Nafiz Ozbagriacik

25.10.1993-BitlisErgin Komut

25.10.1993-DiyarbakirFatih Tekin

25.10.1993-DiyarbakirMehmet Fidan

25.10.1993-BitlisYasemin Tekin

25.10.1993-DiyarbakirSezgin Kececi

25.10.1993-BitlisBayram Tekin

26.10.1993-DiyarbakirAyşe Konakci

26.10.1993-DiyarbakirNuman Konakci

26.10.1993-DiyarbakirNeşe Alten

16.11.1993-DiyarbakirKemal Sert

21.11.1993-TunceliZafer Ozdeniz

21.11.1993-TunceliHalil Kandemir

29.12.1993-DiyarbakirMehmet Dayan

1.01.1994-ElazigNahit Ergene

22.02.1994-SirnakMustafa Boz

1.03.1994-DiyarbakirHasan Akan

7.04.1994-DiyarbakirM.Ali Durak

20.04.1994-TunceliMetin Gencdal

29.04.1994-DiyarbakirRecep Oyur

29.04.1994-BatmanErkan Ozcan

17.05.1994-BatmanSitki Abdioglu

3.06.1994-DiyarbakirKemal Gocer

5.06.1994-DiyarbakirM.Nuri Demiralp

11.09.1994-TunceliRustem Sen

11.09.1994-TunceliMetin Kaynar

11.09.1994-TunceliAli İhsan Cetinkaya

11.09.1994-TunceliMustafa Karinca

11.09.1994-TunceliBuminhan Temizkan

11.09.1994-TunceliVedat İnan

15.09.1994-DiyarbakirM.Sirin Gokdere

17.09.1994-TunceliAtilla Aydogdu

23.09.1994-BatmanAdnan Tunca

23.09.1994-BatmanMustafa Gumus

28.09.1994-AgriSait Korkmaz

8.10.1994-VanHayati Kapukaya

11.10.1994-ErzurumErsoy YORULMAZ

11.10.1994-ErzurumRagip KOSE

11.10.1994-ErzurumNurullah SARAC

11.10.1994-ErzurumAli BULUT

5.11.1994-MardinErol ERCAN

5.11.1994-MardinAli Yildiz

5.11.1994-MardinMehmet Zeki Oduk

5.11.1994-MardinMahmut Catalkaya

25.05.1995-BatmanSeyho KURTULMUS

26.09.1995-DiyarbakirNecati Cicek

2.10.1995-SirnakHamza Halit SULUN

12.10.1995-SivasHuseyin KOCABAS

30.10.1995-MardinGurkan Ariturk

30.10.1995-MardinOkkes Kaya

22.04.1996-KahramanmarasHaci Omer Serin

22.04.1996-KahramanmarasNurettin ASLAN
22.04.1996-KahramanmarasAydin Yilmaz

23.04.1996-KahramanmarasNurettin ARSLAN

22.06.1996-DiyarbakirAynur Sari

1.10.1996-DiyarbakirNesrin Unugur

1.10.1996-DiyarbakirCuma Ibis

1.10.1996-DiyarbakirMustafa Saadettin Kucuk

1.10.1996-DiyarbakirUgur GOREN

12.02.1997-BatmanBulent AY

1.09.1997-DiyarbakirLutfi OLMEZ

9.10.1997-MersinMustafa OZKAN

15.07.1998-HakkariErhan CAKMAK

4.09.2011-TunceliDilay KERMAN

16.07.2016-AnkaraYusuf Elitas

9.06.2017-BatmanŞenay Aybuke YALCIN

12.07.2017-TunceliNecmettin YILMAZ

*Contribution and writing by Merve Aydogan in Ankara.

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