Ucok, Bahriye (d. 1990)
Ucok, Bahriye (d. 1990)
Turkish educator and politician. Name variations: Bahriye Üçok. Born in Turkey; killed by a bomb, Oct 6, 1990.
Secularist dean of the Theological Faculty, Ankara University, was one of the rare female professors there; wrote a book on woman governors in Islamic history; as a member of the Social Democratic Populist Party, was also a prominent figure in the Turkish Parliament; had frequently spoken and written against the wearing of headscarves in educational establishments and government offices, for which she received death threats; was assassinated by fundamentalists who sent a package to her home that contained a bomb.
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