• Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar

    From athel.cb@gmail.com@user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.usage.english,alt.obituaries,alt.peace,alt.activism.peacefire on Sat May 2 15:43:47 2026
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    Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:

    On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 23:23:15 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:

    As I reported in another thread (meaning of names that come from
    languages other than English), an arrest HAS been made.

    See ><https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/peace_activist_car_killer_arrested>

    Yes, that was where I found the link to the obituary.

    I posted it separately as Yussuf Gursey was a respected regular in
    AUE, and people who remembered him may have missed the link in a
    rather long article.

    It's not likely that this will be read by anyone unless they are going through old messages, but no matter. Yusuf was one of the most pleasant and helpful people I've encountered in Usenet groups. He was very knowledgeable, not only about Turkish, his native language, but also about Arabic and Persian, and maybe Hebrew. He was always ready to answer any questions he was asked.


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  • From Anton Shepelev@anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com to alt.usage.english,alt.obituaries,alt.peace,alt.activism.peacefire on Wed May 6 18:39:06 2026
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    athel:

    It's not likely that this will be read by anyone
    unless they are going through old messages, but no
    matter. Yusuf was one of the most pleasant and helpful
    people I've encountered in Usenet groups. He was very
    knowledgeable, not only about Turkish, his native
    language, but also about Arabic and Persian, and maybe
    Hebrew. He was always ready to answer any questions he
    was asked.

    I remember him and agree with your characterisation. He
    made quality, high-effort posts.
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