Turkish Philosophical Society President Prof. Dr. İoanna Kuçuradi died in the hospital where she was receiving treatment. Her funeral will be buried at the Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery on 4 October.
Born in Istanbul in 1936, Kuçuradi graduated from Istanbul University's philosophy department in 1959 and had earned her doctorate in 1965. She had founded the philosophy department at Hacettepe University and had long served as president of the Turkish Philosophical Society and chair of the UNESCO Human Rights Chair.
