Retired teacher Hasan Gürdallı, the dear father of Foreign Press Association member and Türk Ajansı Kıbrıs Director Mr Fehmi Gürdallı, has passed away.
His funeral will take place tomorrow (Monday, 18 August) in Vadili after the afternoon prayer.
As the Foreign Press Association, we pray for God’s mercy upon our dear Hasan Amca and extend our condolences to his family and loved ones, above all Fehmi Gürdallı.
Hasan Gürdallı, who served the Turkish Cypriots for many years as an educator and a mücahit (resistance fighter), was born in Vadili on 20 April 1939. After graduating from the Teachers’ College, he taught at the primary schools of Turunçlu, Gazimağusa, Kuruova, Kaleburnu and Vadili.
In later years Gürdallı served as head teacher at the Yeşilköy, Yeni Erenköy, Dikmen, Lefkoşa Şehit Yalçın, Şehit Ertuğrul and Çağlayan primary schools. Hasan Gürdallı retired as Director of the Inspection Department of the Ministry of National Education.