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Fedai, in 'Halkin Sesi'
of Cyprus 27 Dec 92
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"He [Teacher Orhan Seyfi Ari] ... had a sense of duty."
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He was impressed by & taught in the spirit of an address by Ataturk -founder
of Republic of Turkey, to Teachers' Schools of Ankara c.1922 to the effect that the real war was with ignorance and the true victory over that, and, that there was no greater service to one's nation and to mankind than that of a teacher's. |
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From a poem by
teacher Orhan Ari, on death of a friend |
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"Since, to mourn and to remember us there is someone,
That's what counts -we can assume our duty to have done."
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His teacher-pupil and teacher-people relationships were with
thoghtful attention to the needs of both, ensuring in both cases satisfactory relationships, which normally ensured operational efficiency enhanced by co-operation; but, Ari always bore in mind the commitment to the objective which to him was more than directly the teaching of students -it was, also, indirectly education of society, that that necessitated in his dealings with his teaching and other staff, parents & students, people, good continued communication whether candidly or tactfully, not in authoritarian ways, but, in a reasonably friendly atmosphere. |