K.T.O.E.Ö.S. Kıbrıs Türk Orta Eğitim Öğretmenler Sendikası Cyprus Turkish Secondary Education Teachers’ Union Address:Abdullah Parla Sokak No:5 Nicosia-Cyprus Tel: (90-392) 2287971 – 2288753 – 2288764 Fax: (90-392) 2288648 E-mail: info@ktoeos.com Website: http://www.ktoeos.com Name: Cyprus Turkish Secondary Education Teachers’ Union Name in Mother Tongue: Kıbrıs Türk Orta Eğitim Öğretmenler Sendikası  Acronym:  KTOEÖS Memberships: Education International (E.I) European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) History Teachers’ Association (Euro Clio)

Aim of the Organization: The aim of KTOEÖS is to:

• Provide solidarity between the teachers and learners
• Fight for the teachers’ and learners’ rights
• Work for quality education
• Focus on educational and communal matters

Date of Formation:The Union was formed in 1968


General Background: The union was formed in 1968 and since than has been functioning as the Cyprus Turkish Secondary Education Teachers’ Union. The union has been protecting its member’s rights and has also been concerned with social and communal events since its establishment. In 1993 the union has gone through a reform as changes occurred in the unions administrative board. After the reform the union has undertaken a diagnostic mission for the Cyprus Turkish community. In the recent years the union has played a great role in the establishment process of “This Country is Ours Platform” and has been actively involved in the Turkish Cypriot Social Security Law Amendments. In brief, the union has gone through a historical progression as it has been concerned with community events and the protection of its members rights. Today the union has come to a much stronger position and it plays a great role in being the voice of the Turkish Cypriot teachers as well as the Turkish Cypriot community.


Executive Council:

• President: Mr Adnan ERASLAN
• General Secretary: Mr Tahir GÖKÇEBEL
• Organization Secretary: Mr Ziya TÜZEL
• Education Secretary: Mr. Mustafa KOFALI
• Finance Secretary: Mr Sedat KILIÇ

Besides the Executive Council there is the Administrative Board which consists of twenty one representatives.


Elections: Once in every two years the unions election takes place in its General Assembly.

Information about the organization: KTOEOS is the biggest organized union in the education field in Northern Cyprus. It is a union which has over 2.300 members. The members are from Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Primary Education Schools. The union also has members from the Atatürk Teacher Academy which trains primary, pre-primary, early childhood education teachers. KTOEÖS is a non governmental organization, once every two years the union members gather in order to designate the administrative board. The administrative board consists of 21 people. Within the administrative board; 1 President, 1 General Secretary, 1 Organization Secretary, 1 Education Secretary, 1 Finance Secretary is selected and by this the union executive council is formed. In the union a Representative Committee is also present, this committee gathers all the representatives from each school around the Northern part of Cyprus. A representative is selected by the teachers within that particular school. The decisions made by the administrative board are generally based on the information which the school representatives provide from their schools. The decisions which are made is applied and taken into process by the executive council. Besides this, with the leadership of the members in the administrative board many “working committees” are formed. For example: Education Committee, Finance Committee, Equal Opportunities Committee, Social Events Committee etc.

Activities: The main reason why the union KTOEÖS was established was to lead their members to contemporariness within their social and economic state. However, the union is also aware that the country’s and the world’s political, social structure must also reach to a modern structure as it reflects and designates their members’ future. This is why the union is struggling to provide reforms within Social and Political fields, as well as the Education field.

Staff:
Mrs. İlkin Sedatgil (Secretary)
Office Tel. No: 0090 392 228 79 71

Mrs. Nazan Okcun (International Relations Expert)
Office Tel. No: 0090 392 228 86 49