Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar

From	athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.usage.english, alt.obituaries, alt.peace, alt.activism.peacefire
Subject	Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar
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Date	2026-05-02 15:43 +0000
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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.

> 


-- 
athel

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Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 15:43 +0000
  Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 18:05 -0700
    Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-05-03 09:37 +0530
      Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 21:33 -0700
  Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2026-05-06 18:39 +0300
  Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-02 03:03 +0000

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