Selim Cebiro

There is a Turkish saying which goes, "Kim takar Yalova kaymakam?n??" One version of the story is that the newly-appointed Yalova district governor arrived in town on the same day Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was expected. An overexcited crowd was waiting at the port and the poor district governor thought the welcome was for him.

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 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.