He became national secretary of the COD in 1958, and served for a period as secretary of the consultative committee of the congress alliance. His wife, the former Mary Butcher, was also prominent member of the COD and later served a six months\' sentence for aiding the illegal ANC. During the 1960 emergency, Turok evaded arrest and went underground to help re-establish Congress organisation. In 1962 he was convicted under the Explosives Act and sentenced to three years in prison.

References

• From Protest To Challenge, Political Profiles Volume 4, p161

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