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Iskender Alptekin (; 29 August 1961 – 18 May 2010), also known as Matay Rabo, was an Assyrian politician, musician and the President of the European Syriac Union (ESU).


Biography

Iskender Alptekin was born on 29 August 1961 in the Kafro village in
Tur Abdin Tur Abdin (; ; ; or ) is a hilly region situated in southeast Turkey, including the eastern half of the Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the Syria–Turkey border, border with Syria and famed since Late Antiquity for ...
,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. He passed his childhood at the village while studying the primary at the same time learning
Syriac language The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Aramaic#Eastern Middle Aramaic, Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is ...
. He left his village in 1977 for
Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
to find work. In 1978 he married Ferida Cacan and emigrated to Switzerland. He was the father of two daughters. In Switzerland he became active in Syriac politics, joining various national conferences in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Iskender Alptekin became the first chairman of the newly established
European Syriac Union European Syriac Union is an alliance between different Assyrian/Syriac political and cultural organizations in Europe that was established in May 2004. The group emerged from the Bethnahrin National Council or Mawtbo Umthoyo d'Bethnahrin (MUB) ...
on 14 May 2004. He was again unanimously re-elected at the second ESU Congress in 2007.


Death

On 18 May 2010, Alptekin died of a
heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...
in Switzerland.


See also

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European Syriac Union European Syriac Union is an alliance between different Assyrian/Syriac political and cultural organizations in Europe that was established in May 2004. The group emerged from the Bethnahrin National Council or Mawtbo Umthoyo d'Bethnahrin (MUB) ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alptekin, Iskender Swiss politicians of Assyrian descent Swiss people of Assyrian descent 1961 births 2010 deaths Assyrian politicians