Former teacher diagnosed with cancer amid Turkey’s post-coup purge dies without justice  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Former teacher diagnosed with cancer amid Turkey’s post-coup purge dies without justice  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A former teacher who was diagnosed with cancer shortly after being dismissed from her job by a government decree following a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 died on Wednesday in Ordu province, the TR724 news website reported. Derya Çelik, 45, a mother of two, was diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago while under investigation for alleged links to the Gülen movement. Despite receiving treatment, the cancer eventually metastasized and s…

SEVİNÇ ÖZARSLAN | TR724 NEWS CENTER Derya Çelik (45), an accounting teacher with a Statutory Decree who was diagnosed with breast cancer after an investigation was opened regarding the Gülen community in Ordu, lost her life in Ordu yesterday. It was stated that Çelik, who was dismissed while working at Ordu Ünye Trade Vocational High School, had been fighting cancer for 8 years and that her disease metastasized four years ago. Her only dream was…