Semih Özakça was a classroom teacher at Mazıdağı Cumhuriyet Primary School in Mardin. He was discharged via the Statutory Decree No. 675 over “being linked with terror organizations”.
Semih Özakça, Mardin Mazıdağı Cumhuriyet İlkokulu'nda üç yıldır sınıf öğretmeniydi.