I was saddened to hear that one of the prominent academics of the Turkish Speaking Community Dr. Issa Tözün based in London, who committed his life to the area of education, passed away on Tuesday 17 November after suffering a fatal brain haemorrhage that he suffered ten days earlier.

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The country has lost a stalwart, a political heavy weight and icon to many. A man, who always professed that ideas and not personalities mattered in politics, had become such a household name and political hero that he beat Margaret Thatcher into second place in a BBC poll in 2006.

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