Re: Obituary: Yussuf Gursey, peace activist & scholar

"HenHanna" <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 03:03:36 +0000
Newsgroups alt.usage.english,alt.obituaries,alt.peace,alt.activism.peacefire,sci.lang
Organization csiph.com Internet News Service
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Steve Hayes <[email protected]> posted:
> 
> > On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 23:23:15 -0600, lar3ryca <[email protected]> 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


i remember being asked a question by Athel-CB and not answering it...
       (but I don't remember the question)
        (i don't mind answering a few questions now)



(i dn't remmer Yussuf Gursey)


is that a recent photo of Athel-CB ?  -- what a good-looking man....
                               Looks like a movie actor!!!