Halil Serkan Öz

The Interior Ministry has assigned a civil inspector to investigate the death of a teacher who died of a heart attack after a local governor reprimanded him for his physical appearance.

Turkish officials have launched a probe after a teacher posed for a photo with her students who made a snowwoman that ?violates social values,? Turkish media reported April 7.

Turkish Education Minister Nabi Avc? has demanded an investigation into the death of a teacher who died of a heart attack in western Yalova province soon after the governor reprimanded him for his physical appearance at the school, while teachers did not attend their first classes in memory of their colleague.

A teacher has died of a heart attack in western Turkey during a protest against a governor who had reprimanded him for his physical appearance at the school.

Halil Serkan Öz, an award-winning mathematics teacher at Termal Science High School in the Yalova province, was harshly criticized by Governor Selim Cebiro?lu in front of his students on March 27.