My friend and colleague Tözün Issa,who has died aged 59 of cancer, was an famous chronicler of the Turkish Alevi community in Britain and an educationist who championed multilingualism in schools.
Tözüns work as a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University was marked by his passion for supporting all students to achieve their goals. He was instrumental in developing an innovative PGCE course in community languages, or the first teaching qualification with multilingualism at its core. He initiated a Centre for Multilingualism in Education,which brought together academics, students, and community organisations and policymakers in national conferences and seminars. He had a particular interest in the Turkish community in the UK.
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Source: theguardian.com