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10 Mayıs 2023 Yazan Bülent TEKİN
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Turkish people of Kurdish descent
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The list Turkish people of Kurdish descent includes Murat Yildirim, Özcan Deniz, Necati Sasmaz, Hülya Avsar and Mahsun Kirmizigül. The list consists of 150 members and 1 sublist.
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Murat Yildirim
Turkish actorOverview: Murat Yıldırım (born 13 April 1979) is a Turkish actor.Date of birth: 13 April 1979Age: 42Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6′ (183 cm)Partner: Iman Albani (Engaged)0 0#n of 307#n of 397#n of 26 -
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Özcan Deniz
Turkish, ActorOverview: Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director, who is of Kurdish descent.Date of birth: 19 May 1972Age: 49Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5′ 11″ (180 cm)Partner: Feyza Aktan (Married)1 1#n of 103#n of 296#n of 81 -
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Necati Sasmaz
Turkish actorOverview: Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz (born 15 December 1971) is a Turkish actor, best known for playing the lead role of Polat Alemdar in the popular television series Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) and its movie …Date of birth: 15 January 1971Age: 51Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5′ 10″ (178 cm)Partner: Nagehan Kasikci (Married)1 1#n of 72#n of 296#n of 388 -
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Hülya Avsar
Turkish, ActressOverview: Hülya Avşar (born 10 October 1963) is a Turkish actress, singer, businesswoman, and former beauty pageant titleholder. She debuted with her role as Safiye Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.Date of birth: 8 October 1963Age: 58Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5′ 6″ (168 cm)1 1 -
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Mahsun Kirmizigül
Turkish film director and singerOverview: Mahsun Kırmızıgül (born Abdullah Bazencir, March 26, 1969) is a Turkish singer songwriter, actor and director, scriptwriter, music composer, producer of kurdish origin. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known …Date of birth: 1 April 1969Age: 52Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6′ 2″ (188 cm)1 1 -
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Ceren Moray
Turkish, ActressOverview: Ceren Moray (born 5 June 1985) is a Turkish actress known for her roles in TV series Kavak Yelleri and O Hayat Benim. Moray known for her naturalist style acting.Date of birth: 5 June 1985Age: 36Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5′ 3″ (160 cm)Partner: Nicco Brun (person) (Married)0 0#n of 108#n of 46#n of 368 -
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Sila Sahin
German actressOverview: Sıla Şahin-Radlinger (born 3 December 1985) is a Kurdish-Turkish-German actress, best known for her portrayal of Ayla Özgül in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.Date of birth: 3 December 1985Age: 36Nationality: GermanOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5′ 7″ (170 cm)Partner: Samuel Radlinger (Married)1 1#n of 101#n of 21#n of 37 -
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Belçim Bilgin
Turkish actorOverview: Belçim Bilgin (born 31 January 1983) is a Turkish actress of Kurdish origin.Date of birth: 31 January 1983Age: 39Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: FemalePartner: Yilmaz Erdogan (Married)1 1 -
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Rojda Demirer
Turkish, ActressOverview: Rojda Demirer (born 12 August 1980) is a Turkish theater, movie, television, and voice actress of Kurdish origin.Date of birth: 12 August 1980Age: 41Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5′ 7″ (170 cm)0 1 -
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Sermiyan Midyat
Turkish, ActorDate of birth: 2 December 1974Age: 47Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: Male0 1 -
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Yilmaz Erdogan
Turkish actor and film directorOverview: Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet of Kurdish origin who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the television …Date of birth: 4 November 1967Age: 54Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: MalePartner: Belçim Bilgin (Married)0 1#n of 26#n of 388#n of 16 -
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Ibrahim Tatlises
Turkish singerOverview: İbrahim Tatlıses (born İbrahim Tatlı in 1952) is a KURDISH folk singer and former actor. Since the 1970s he has been one of the best-known and most successful singers of the pop Arabesk style. Tatlıses …Date of birth: 1 January 1952Age: 70Nationality: TurkishOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male1 0 -
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Mehmet Ali Erbil
Turkish actorOverview: Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1957) is a Turkish comedian, actor and talk show host.Date of birth: 8 February 1957Age: 65Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ComicGender: MaleHeight: 5′ 8″ (173 cm)0 1#n of 3#n of 7#n of 296 -
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Ebru Yaşar
Turkish singerOverview: Ebru Yaşar (born 8 August 1977) is a Turkish pop music singer.Date of birth: 8 August 1978Age: 43Nationality: TurkishOccupation: SingerGender: Female0 1#n of 65#n of 162#n of 8,493 -
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Ahmet Kaya
Turkish singerOverview: Ahmet Kaya (28 October 1957 – 16 November 2000) was a folk singer who was born in Malatya, Turkey. He was of mixed Kurdish-Turkish origin and often identified himself as a “Kurd of Turkey”.Date of birth: 28 October 1957Date of death: 16 November 2000Age: 43 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: MusicianGender: Male1 1#n of 5,297#n of 32#n of 19 -
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Zara
Turkish, SingerOverview: Neşe Yılmaz (born 15 January 1976), known by her stage name Zara, is a popular Turkish folk singer and actress.Date of birth: 15 January 1976Age: 46Nationality: TurkishOccupation: SingerGender: Female0 1#n of 65#n of 162#n of 8,493 -
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Berdan Mardini
Date of birth: 5 November 1978Age: 43Gender: Male1 0 -
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Ali Sürmeli
ActorOverview: Ali Sürmeli (born 7 April 1959) is a Turkish actor of Zaza descent.Date of birth: 1959Age: 62Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: Male0 0#n of 296#n of 388#n of 4 -
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Yilmaz Güney
Film director, Screenwriter, ActorOverview: Yılmaz Güney (born Yılmaz Pütün, 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works …Date of birth: 1 April 1937Date of death: 9 September 1984Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActorGender: Male0 0#n of 99#n of 49#n of 388 -
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Mustafa Erdogan
TurkishNationality: TurkishGender: Male0 1
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Derya Karadas
Turkish, ActressOverview: Derya Karadaş (born 4 May 1981) is a Turkish actress. Her family, who lived in Bingöl until they moved to Istanbul in 1980, are of Kurdish origin and adherents of Alevism.Date of birth: 1981Age: 40Nationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: Female0 0#n of 108#n of 368#n of 351 -
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Yıldız Tilbe
turkish singerOverview: Yıldız Tilbe (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish singer of Kurdish-Zaza descent and one of the best-selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.0 1#n of 26#n of 103#n of 231 -
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Ruken Demirer
Turkish, ActressNationality: TurkishOccupation: ActressGender: Female0 1 -
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Müslüm Gürses
Turkish arabesk singer and actorOverview: Müslüm Gürses (7 May 1953 – 3 March 2013), born Müslüm Akbaş and called Müslüm Baba (literally: Father Müslüm), was a popular Turkish arabesque singer and actor.0 1#n of 5,297#n of 6,386#n of 47 -
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Abdullah Ocalan
Kurdish politician, activist, prisonerOverview: Abdullah Öcalan ( OH-jə-lahn; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo (short for both Abdullah and “uncle” in Kurdish), is a Kurdish leftist political theoretician, political prisoner and one of the founding …2 1#n of 4#n of 19#n of 1 -
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Aynur Doğan
Kurdish singerOverview: To hear Aynur’s voice is to hear the transformation of all the layers of human joy and suffering into one sound. It reaches so deep into our soul, tears into our hearts, and then we are for one moment …0 1#n of 8,493#n of 13#n of 1 -
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Dilba
Swedish singer-songwriterOverview: Dilbahar Demirbağ (born November 24, 1971), known as Dilba, is a Swedish pop singer of Kurdish background. Her first album Dilba (1996) reached commercial success.0 1#n of 264#n of 8,493#n of 514 -
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Turgut Özal
Turkish Prime MinisterOverview: Halil Turgut Özal (13 October 1927 – 17 April 1993) was a Turkish politician who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey …Date of birth: 13 October, 1927Age: 65 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male0 0#n of 6#n of 12#n of 15 -
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Bülent Ecevit
Former President of TurkeyOverview: Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served …Date of death: 5 November, 2006Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: JournalistGender: Male0 0#n of 5#n of 31#n of 3 -
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Atif Yilmaz
turkish film directorOverview: Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies …Date of birth: 9 December, 1925Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: DirectorGender: Male0 0#n of 1,014#n of 7#n of 251 -
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Hamdi Ulukaya
Turkish-American businessmanOverview: Hamdi Ulukaya (born 26 October 1972) is a Kurdish billionaire, and philanthropist based in the United States. Ulukaya is the owner, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chobani, the #1-selling strained yogurt …0 0#n of 248#n of 47#n of 142 -
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Ajdar
Turkish male singerOverview: Ajdar Anık, better known as Ajdar (born Mehmet Anık on 10 February 1973), is a Turkish singer-songwriter.0 0#n of 6,386#n of 162#n of 120 -
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Eren Derdiyok
Swiss footballerOverview: Eren Derdiyok (born 12 June 1988) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a striker for Pakhtakor Tashkent in the Uzbekistan Super League and Switzerland national team.0 0#n of 13#n of 177#n of 552 -
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Binali Yıldırım
Turkish politicianOverview: Binali Yıldırım (born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019 …Date of birth: 1955Age: 66Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician1 0#n of 3#n of 5#n of 36 -
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Fehriye Erdal
Kurdish activistOverview: Fehriye Erdal (born 25 February 1977) is a female political activist from Turkey. She was one of the three DHKP-C members allegedly involved in the assassination of a Turkish businessman, Özdemir Sabancı …0 0#n of 25#n of 76#n of 3 -
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Edip Yuksel
former member of the United Submitters InternationalOverview: Edip Yüksel (born December 20, 1957 in Güroymak, Turkey) is a Kurdish American author and philosophy professor of Sunni Muslim background. He is an exponent of the modern Islamic reform and Quranism ( …Date of birth: 1957Age: 64Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Writer0 0 -
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Şivan Perwer
Overview: Şivan Perwer (born 23 December 1955 in Viranşehir, Turkey) is a Kurdish poet, writer, musical teacher, singer, and performer on the Tembûr. Perwer fled Turkey in 1976 due to the political tones of his …0 1 -
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Leyla Zana
Turkish activist and politicianOverview: Leyla Zana (born 3 May 1961) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the …0 1#n of 8#n of 42#n of 59 -
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Cemal Gürsel
Overview: Cemal Gürsel (13 October 1895 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish army general who became the fourth President of Turkey after a coup.Date of birth: 13 October, 1895Date of death: 14 September, 1966Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Military0 0#n of 15#n of 31#n of 7 -
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Murathan Mungan
Turkish writerOverview: Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright and poet.0 1#n of 9#n of 1,614#n of 22-
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Feleknas Uca
German politicianOverview: Feleknas Uca (born 17 September 1976) is a German politician of Yazidi descent. From 1999 to 2009, she was member of the European Parliament from Germany, serving with Die Linke. Feleknas Uca was at one …Date of birth: 17 September, 1976Age: 45Nationality: TurkishOccupation: PoliticianGender: Female0 0#n of 82#n of 31#n of 2 -
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Mehmet Ali Ağca
Turkish criminalOverview: Mehmet Ali Ağca (born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin and Grey Wolves member who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May …0 0 -
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İsmet İnönü
Turkish, MilitaryOverview: Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish general and statesman, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, when his Republican P …Date of birth: 24 September, 1884Date of death: 25 December, 1973Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male0 0#n of 15#n of 31#n of 14 -
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Ersin Korkut
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Alişan
Turkish singer-actorOverview: Alişan Serkan Tektaş (born Serkan Burak Tektaş; 19 June 1976), better known as Alişan, is a Turkish singer and actor of Kurdish and Zaza descent.0 0#n of 6,386#n of 162#n of 26 -
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Tahir Elçi
Overview: Tahir Elçi (1966, Cizre – 28 November 2015) was a Kurdish lawyer and the chairman of Diyarbakır Bar Association.Date of birth: 1966Date of death: 28 November, 2015Age: 49 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Attorney0 0#n of 8#n of 27#n of 3 -
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Figen Yüksekdağ
Overview: Figen Yüksekdağ Şenoğlu (born 19 December 1971) is a Turkish politician and journalist, who was a former co-leader of the left-wing Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey from 2014 to 2017, serving …Date of birth: 1971Age: 50Occupation: Politician0 0#n of 59#n of 8,825#n of 6 -
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Bekir Bozdağ
Turkish politician and theologianOverview: Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin. On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip …0 0#n of 3#n of 19#n of 29 -
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Bejan Matur
Turkish author and columnistOverview: Bejan Matur (born 14 September 1968, Kahramanmaraş) is a Kurdish poet and writer from Turkey.0 0#n of 15#n of 22#n of 11 -
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Sadullah Ergin
Turkish politicianOverview: Sadullah Ergin (born 6 July 1964) is a Turkish politician.0 0 -
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Selahattin Demirtaş
Turkish Kurdish politicianOverview: Selahattin Demirtaş (Turkish pronunciation ; born 10 April 1973) is a Turkish politician of Zaza Kurdish descent, member of the parliament of Turkey since 2007. He was co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish …0 0#n of 8#n of 59#n of 1,614 -
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Aysel Tuğluk
Turkish politicianOverview: Aysel Tuğluk (born 17 July 1965 in Elâzığ, Turkey) is a Kurdish politician and founding member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey. She graduated in law from Istanbul University and then worked …0 0#n of 59#n of 8,825#n of 110 -
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Ahmet Türk
Kurdish politicianOverview: Ahmet Türk (born 2 July 1942) is a Kurdish politician in Turkey and was born into a family of Kurdish clan and tribal chiefs in southeastern Turkey.0 0#n of 8#n of 59#n of 62 -
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Hüseyin Baybaşin
Turkish drug traffickerOverview: Hüseyin Baybaşin (born 1956 in Turkey) is a Kurdish drug lord. Once described as “Europe’s Pablo Escobar”, he is currently serving life sentence in the Netherlands convicted of drug smuggling charges.Date of birth: 1956Age: 650 0 -
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Sebahat Tuncel
Turkish politicianOverview: Sebahat Tuncel (born 5 July 1975) is a Kurdish politician, women’s rights advocate, former nurse and member of Parliament in Turkey.0 0#n of 59#n of 1#n of 8,825 -
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Hasret Gültekin
Turkish musicianOverview: Hasret Şükrü Gültekin (1 May 1971 – 2 July 1993) was a Kurdish musician and poet. He was murdered in what is known as the Sivas massacre, along with 37 other people, in the Sivas Province of Turkey when …0 0#n of 47#n of 14#n of 31 -
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Mehmet Mehdi Eker
Turkish politicianOverview: Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district …0 0#n of 36#n of 56#n of 162 -
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Ayşe Şan
Kurdish singerOverview: Ayşe Şan (Aysha Shan) (1938, in Diyarbakır – 18 December 1996, in İzmir) was a Kurdish singer. She was also known by the names Eyşana Kurd, Eyşe Xan, Eyşana Eli. She is considered as one of the most l …Date of birth: 1938Date of death: 1996Age: 57 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: SingerGender: Female0 0 -
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Zaro Aga
Ottoman civil servantOverview: Zaro Aga (Turkish: Zaro Ağa, Kurdish: زارۆ ئاغا) was a Kurdish man who claimed to be one of the longest-living humans ever. He claimed birth between 1774 and 1777, and died on 29 June 1934 in I …0 0 -
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Sinan Kaloğlu
Turkish footballerOverview: Sinan Kaloğlu (born 10 June 1981) is a Turkish former professional footballer of Zaza origin who played as a striker.0 0#n of 15#n of 43#n of 85
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Abdullah Baybaşin
Overview: Abdullah Baybaşin was a drug dealer in London, England. He had been accused in 2004 and convicted of drug charges in 2006 for trafficking 5 lb (2.3 kg) of heroin, and sentenced to 22 years in prison.Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Criminal0 0#n of 28#n of 37,022#n of 8 -
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Hikmet Çetin
Turkish politicianOverview: Hikmet Çetin (born 1937) is a Turkish politician former minister of foreign affairs and was leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) for a short time. He served also as the Speaker of the Turkish …Date of birth: 1937Age: 84Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Economist0 0 -
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Ferit Melen
Prime Minister of TurkeyOverview: Ferit Sadi Melen (November 2, 1906 – September 3, 1988) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey.Date of birth: 1906Date of death: 3 September, 1988Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 31#n of 108#n of 4 -
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Mehmet Tarhan
Turkish conscientious objectorOverview: Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978) is a Turkish conscientious objector who was imprisoned for refusing military service. Tarhan had been sentenced to four years in a military prison for disobedience after refusing …Date of birth: 1978Age: 43Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Activist0 0#n of 6#n of 16#n of 4 -
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Şehrîbana Kurdî
turksih singerOverview: Şehrîbana Kurdî (or Shahribana Kurdi), (born 1973), is a singer from Turkey of Kurdish origin. She was born in İzmir in western Turkey. Her family are originally from Kiziltepe, Mardin. She began singing …Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Singer0 0 -
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Ahmed Arif
Turkish, PoetOverview: Ahmed Arif (21 April 1927 in Diyarbakır – 2 June 1991 in Ankara) was a Kurdish-Turkish poet.Date of birth: 1927Date of death: 1991Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Poet0 0 -
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Rojen Barnas
Overview: Rojen Barnas is the pen name of Mehmet Gemici (born 1945), a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer. He was born in the Diyarbakır region in south-eastern Turkey. He became active in Kurdish politics in …Date of birth: 1945Age: 76Occupation: Writer0 0 -
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Aziz Yıldırım
Turkish football presidentOverview: Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952) was the 36th chairman of the Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK. He lost the election held on 3 June 2018 to Ali Koç which made him the 37th president of the Turkish …0 0 -
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Erdal İnönü
Turkish physicist and politicianOverview: Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the …0 0#n of 31#n of 108#n of 15 -
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Mazlum Cimen
Turkish actor, musician and ballet dancerOverview: Mazlum Çimen (born June 18, 1958 in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish musician, ballet dancer, film actor, folk singer, and award-winning film score composer.0 0#n of 5#n of 3#n of 601 -
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Yasar Kemal
Turkish novelistOverview: Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist of Kurdish origin, and one of Turkey’s leading writers. He received 38 awards during …Date of death: 28 February, 2015Age: 91 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: NovelistGender: Male0 0 -
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Yüksel Yavuz
Turkish film directorOverview: Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish film director from Turkey.0 0 -
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Evin Çiçek
Overview: Evin Çiçek: journalist, investigative reporter, author, poet.0 1 -
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Bülent Tekin
Turkish poetOverview: Bülent Tekin (born 15 February 1954), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkish citizen. In the 1970s he wrote two novels (“Son” and “Money”), a collection of “Social Poems”, and a research document on the socialism …0 0 -
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Nursel Aydoğan
Turkish politicianOverview: Nursel Aydoğan (*17 November 1958, Yenişehir, Bursa, Turkey), is a Turkish politician and former MP for Diyarbakir.0 0#n of 59#n of 8,825#n of 162 -
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Ali Saip Ursavaş
Turkish politicianOverview: Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Revandüz (Rowanduz) – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was a Turkish career officer and one of the early key members of the CHP, who served as an …Date of birth: December 1885Date of death: 26 September, 1939Age: 53 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
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Leyla Güven
PoliticianOverview: Leyla Güven (born 6 May 1964, Cihanbeyli, Konya, Turkey) is HDP MP for Hakkari, co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and former mayor of the municipality of Viranşehir in the Şanlıurfa Province …Date of birth: 1964Age: 57Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
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Orhan Miroğlu
Overview: Orhan Miroğlu (born 1 January 1953, Mardin, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Mhallami descent from his father’s side, and of Kurdish descent from his mother’s side. He is a columnist for the Taraf daily …0 0#n of 162#n of 162#n of 9 -
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Abdullah Demirbaş
Turkish mayorOverview: Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966, Sise, Diyarbakir, Turkey) was the former mayor of the municipality of Sur in the city of Diyarbakir, of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).Date of birth: 1966Age: 55Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 59#n of 78#n of 62 -
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Ayla Akat Ata
PoliticianOverview: Ayla Akat Ata (born 16 February 1976) is a Kurdish politician of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Batman, Turkey.0 0
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Eren Keskin
turksih activistOverview: Eren Keskin (born April 24, 1959 in Bursa, Turkey) is a lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey. She is the vice-president of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD) and a former president of its …0 0 -
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Gültan Kışanak
Turkish politician and journalistOverview: Gültan Kışanak (*15 June 1961) is a Turkish politician from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Turkey. Kışanak is a Kurd from Elazığ.0 0#n of 59#n of 8,825#n of 110 -
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Mehmet Ali Birand
Turkish journalistOverview: Mehmet Ali Birand (9 December 1941 – 17 January 2013) was a Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer.Date of birth: 9 December, 1941Date of death: 17 January, 2013Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Writer0 0#n of 4#n of 3#n of 5 -
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Mahmut Yıldırım
Turkish contract killerOverview: Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1951, Yenidal, Solhan, Bingöl Province), better known as Yeşil (Turkish for “Green”), is a Turkish rogue agent. He is wanted for the murders of eight people in Turkey. Among the …Date of birth: 1951Age: 70Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Criminal0 0 -
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Sedat Bucak
Turkish politicianOverview: Sedat Edip Bucak (born 31 October 1960 in Siverek) is a Kurdish politician and the leader of the Bucak tribe in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, and a Turkish politician elected to the Grand National Assembly …0 0 -
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Medet Serhat
Turkish lawyer and activistOverview: Medet Serhat (1943 in Iğdır – 12 December 1994 in Istanbul) was a Turkish lawyer of Kurdish descent, from an aristocratic family of the Igdir branch of the widely dispersed Retkan tribe. He was a prominent …Date of birth: 1943Date of death: 12 December, 1994Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
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Nizamettin Ariç
Kurdish singer, composer and directorOverview: Nizamettin Ariç (Kurdish: Nîzamettîn Arîç, also known as Feqiyê Teyra; born 1956 in Ağrı, Turkey) is a contemporary Kurdish singer, composer and director. He was exposed to traditional Kurdish bard …Date of birth: 1956Age: 65Occupation: ComposerGender: Male0 0 -
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Kâmran İnan
Turkish politicianOverview: Kamran Inan (1929 – 23 November 2015), Turkish politician, statesman of Kurdish origin, diplomat and scholar. He was born in Hizan, Bitlis Province. Representative in Parliament from Van and Bitlis numerous …Date of birth: 1929Date of death: 23 November, 2015Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 56#n of 8#n of 7 -
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Dursun Karataş
Turkish politicianOverview: Dursun Karataş (25 March 1952 — 11 August 2008) was a Turkish revolutionary of Kurdish descent, and the founding leader of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C).0 0#n of 25#n of 44#n of 3 -
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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Turkish poetOverview: Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; October 4, 1910 – October 13, 1956) was a Turkish poet and author.0 0#n of 24#n of 46#n of 33 -
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Fuat Sezgin
Turkish historian of scienceOverview: Fuat Sezgin (24 October 1924 – 30 June 2018) was a Turkish orientalist who specialized in the history of Arabic-Islamic science. He was professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at Johann …0 0 -
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Ahmet Enünlü
Turkish bodybuilderOverview: Ahmet Enünlü (born July 3, 1948) is a world champion Turkish bodybuilder.0 0 -
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Hüseyin Çelik
Turkish politicianOverview: Hüseyin Çelik (born 5 March 1959 in Gürpınar, Van) is a former Minister of National Education of Turkey and member of parliament for Van for the Justice and Development Party (AKP).0 0 -
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Zafer Çağlayan
Turkish politician, government ministerOverview: Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (born 10 November 1957 in Muş) is a Turkish politician and former Minister. He is a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party and the former Minister of …0 0 -
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Mehmet Şimşek
Turkish politicianOverview: Mehmet Şimşek (born 1 January 1967) is a Turkish politician and economist of Kurdish origin who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 24 November 2015 until the office’s abolition on 9 July …0 0 -
96.
Mehdi Zana
Turkish activist-politicianOverview: Mehdi Zana (born 1940, Silvan) is a former Kurdish politician from Turkey.Date of birth: 1940Age: 81Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 59#n of 62#n of 5 -
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Abdullah Cevdet
Turkish, WriterOverview: Abdullah Cevdet (Ottoman Turkish: عبدالله جودت; Turkish: Abdullah Cevdet Karlıdağ; 9 September 1869 – 29 November 1932) was an Ottoman-born Turkish intellectual and physician of ethnic Kurdish …Date of birth: 9 September, 1869Date of death: 29 November, 1932Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Writer0 0 -
98.
Musa Anter
Writer and activistOverview: Musa Anter (1920 – 20 September 1992), also known as “Apê Musa” (Kurdish: Apê Musa, literally “Uncle Musa”), was a Kurdish writer, journalist and intellectual and was assassinated by Turkish JITEM …0 0#n of 3#n of 6#n of 251 -
99.
Rojhan Beken
Overview: Rojhan Beken (born 1974), is a Kurdish musician and singer. His family background is from Mardin. He studied at Trakya University, and established a music band while studying university. For a number of …Date of birth: 1974Age: 470 0 -
100.
Ferhat Tunc
German musician of turkish-kurdish originOverview: Ferhat Tunç is a Kurdish musician from Turkey.0 0
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101.
Hesenê Metê
Overview: Hesenê Metê (born 1957) is a prominent Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. He was born in Erxanî near Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He has been living in Sweden since the 1980s. He has translated …Date of birth: 1957Age: 64Occupation: Writer0 0#n of 17#n of 76#n of 86 -
102.
Lokman Polat
Swedish, WriterOverview: Lokman Polat (born 1956 in Lice, Diyarbakır Province) is a Swedish writer of Kurdish origin. Before 1980, he was involved in publishing political commentaries and news. He has been arrested several times …Date of birth: 1956Age: 65Nationality: SwedishOccupation: WriterGender: Male0 0 -
103.
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan
Swedish, WriterOverview: Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), is a Kurdish writer. He was born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He moved to Sweden as political asylum seeker in 1978, and he has been living in Uppsala Sweden …Date of birth: 1935Age: 86Nationality: SwedishOccupation: Writer0 0#n of 17#n of 86#n of 56 -
104.
Mehmed Uzun
Kurdish writerOverview: Mehmed Uzun (January 1, 1953 – October 10, 2007) was a contemporary Zaza-Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.Date of birth: 1953Date of death: 10 October, 2007Age: 54 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Writer0 0 -
105.
Cemal Süreya
Turkish writerOverview: Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent.Date of birth: 1931Date of death: 1990Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Writer0 0#n of 2#n of 2#n of 85 -
106.
Ziya Gökalp
Ottoman Turkish poet, writerOverview: Muhammad Ziya Gökalp (23 March 1876 – 25 October 1924) was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire …0 0 -
107.
Osman Baydemir
Politician, lawyer, human rights activistOverview: Osman Baydemir (born 1971 in Diyarbakır) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and human rights activist of Kurdish descent. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member …Date of birth: 1971Age: 50Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 8#n of 10#n of 162 -
108.
Ferhat Göçer
Overview: Ferhat Göçer (born 11 May 1970) is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter and physician.0 0#n of 6,386#n of 162#n of 5 -
109.
Nihat Doğan
Overview: Nihat Doğan (born 13 February 1976) is a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent. With the release of his first album Kırdın Kalbimi in 1994 he started his professional music career. With participating in S …0 0 -
110.
Dilek Öcalan
Kurdish politician in TurkeyOverview: Dilek Öcalan (born 3 October 1987, Halfeti, Turkey) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Şanlıurfa, Turkey …0 0#n of 4#n of 8,825#n of 162 -
111.
Ali Atalan
German politician (the Left), Landtag memberOverview: Ali Atalan (born 5 January 1968 in Midyat) is a Kurdish-German politician of Yazidi descent. Formerly a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia with Die Linke, he is currently a member of the …0 0#n of 960#n of 162#n of 162 -
112.
Orhan Doğan
Turkish politicianOverview: Orhan Doğan (25 July 1955, Mardin, Turkey – 29 June 2007, Doğubeyazit) was a Kurdish politician of the Democratic Society Party.0 0 -
113.
Hüseyin Aygün
Member of Parliament of TurkeyOverview: Hüseyin Aygün (born 20 October 1970, Tunceli) is a Turkish lawyer and politician of Alevi Zaza origin. Representing Tunceli Province, he was elected a Member of Parliament in the 2011 general election …0 0#n of 5#n of 70#n of 1 -
114.
Selim Çürükkaya
Kurdish writerOverview: Mehmet Selim Çürükkaya (born January 1, 1954),2007/> is a founding member and later dissident from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and a Kurdish writer and International PEN member.0 0#n of 2#n of 4#n of 21 -
115.
Halis Öztürk
Turkish politicianOverview: Halis Öztürk (Kurdish: Xalis Begê Sîpkî, Turkish: Sipkanlı Halis Bey, 1889 – 24 September 1977) was a Kurdish chieftain and Turkish politician.Date of birth: 1889Date of death: 24 September, 1977Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 1#n of 108#n of 62 -
116.
Osman Öcalan
Turkish politicianOverview: Osman Öcalan (1958 – 15 November 2021) was a Kurdish militant politician and commander of the PKK, a Kurdish militant organization.Date of birth: 1958Date of death: 15 November, 2021Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
117.
Sevahir Bayındır
Turkish politicianOverview: Sevahir Bayındır (* 1 January 1969, Karlıova, Bingöl Province, Turkey) is a Kurdish MP for the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Şırnak, Eastern Turkey.0 0#n of 8,825#n of 62#n of 110 -
118.
Emine Ayna
Turkish politicianOverview: Emine Ayna, (1 July 1968, Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey) is a Kurdish politician in Turkey She was a member of the former Democratic Society Party (DTP). She joined the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), after …0 0#n of 8,825#n of 110#n of 155 -
119.
Savaş Buldan
Turkish traffickerOverview: Savaş Buldan (1964, Hakkâri-4 June 1994, Bolu) was a Turkish citizen of Kurdish descent involved in the Susurluk scandal. He was kidnapped and killed in June 1994.Date of birth: 1964Date of death: 1994Age: 29 (age at death)Nationality: Turkish0 0#n of 9#n of 2#n of 13 -
120.
Hacı Karay
Turksih drug traffickerOverview: Hacı Karay (1950, Hakkâri-June 4, 1994, Bolu) was a Turkish person of Kurdish descent involved in the Susurluk scandal.Date of birth: 1950Date of death: 1994Age: 43 (age at death)Nationality: Turkish0 0
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121.
Hasan Saltık
Turkish record producerOverview: Hasan Saltık (1964 – 2 June 2021) was a Turkish record producer. He was the 1991 founder of Kalan Müzik, a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul specialized in releasing Saltık’s …0 0#n of 26#n of 170#n of 25 -
122.
Metin Yüksel
Turkish Islamist activistOverview: Metin Yüksel (July 17, 1958 – February 23, 1979), was an Islamist political and social activist from Turkey. One of the main leaders of Turkey’s political Islam movement during the 1970s, he also …0 0#n of 17#n of 20#n of 18 -
123.
Yekta Uzunoglu
Turkish writerOverview: Yekta Uzunoğlu (Kurdish: Yekta Geylanî) (b.1953, Silvan, Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Farqîn / Diarbekir), doctor, writer,human rights fighter, translator and entrepreneur.Date of birth: 1953Age: 68Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Writer0 0 -
124.
Ay family
Kurdish asylum seekers in EuropeOverview: The Ay family were Kurdish asylum seekers who became the centre of a controversy in 2003 surrounding the policy of locking up children in high security detention centres in the United Kingdom.0 0#n of 11 -
125.
Ali Hariri
Overview: Ali Hariri or Sheikh Ahmed Bohtani (Kurdish: Elî Herîrî, b. Harir; 1009-1079/1080) was a Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurmanji and considered a pioneer in classical Kurdish Sufi literature and a founder …Date of birth: 1425Date of death: 1495Age: 69 (age at death)Occupation: Poet0 0 -
126.
Sheikh Said Piran
Kurdish Sheikh known for the Sheikh Said RebellionOverview: Sheikh Said of Palu or Piran (Kurdî Zazaki: Şêx Seîdê Pîranij, Kurdî Kurmancî: Şêx Seîdê Pîranî) (1865 – June 29, 1925) was a Zaza Kurd sheikh of the Sunni order and one of the leaders of kurdish …0 0 -
127.
Mahmud Baksi
Kurdish writer and journalistOverview: Mahmud Baksi (Mahmûd Baksî), (16 September 1944 – 19 December 2000), was a Kurdish writer and journalist. He was born in the village of Suphî in Batman Province in Turkey. He began to publish a newspaper …Date of birth: 1944Date of death: 2000Age: 55 (age at death)Occupation: Journalist0 0 -
128.
Hişyar Özsoy
PoliticianOverview: Hişyar Özsoy, (born 26 June 1977, Yeniköy, Bingöl) is a Kurdish academic and politician and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)0 0 -
129.
Dilber Ay
Overview: Dilber Ay (born Dilber Karakaş; 1 January 1956 – 29 April 2019) was a Turkish folk singer, songwriter and TV presenter.0 0 -
130.
Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu
Overview: Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (Also known as ‘The Communist Mayor’) (born 20 December 1968, Çemberlitaş, Ovacik) is a communist Kurdish politician and founder of Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He is currently …0 0 -
131.
Diyap Yıldırım
Overview: Diyap Yıldırım or Diyap agha (1852 in Çemişgezek, in Dersim – 1932 in Sivas) was a Zaza Turkish politician and Dersim tribe leader. He represented Dersim (now Tunceli) in the Grand National Assembly of …0 0 -
132.
Servet Kocakaya
Turkish musicianOverview: Servet Kocakaya (born 19 May 1973) is a Zaza–Kurdish singer-songwriter. He sings mostly in Turkish but also has songs in Kurdish and Zazaki.0 0 -
133.
Şerafettin Elçi
Turkish politicianOverview: Şerafettin Elçi (March 14, 1938 – December 25, 2012) was a Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman in Turkey. He was one of the pioneers of Kurdish politics in Turkey.0 0 -
134.
Metin Göktepe
JournalistOverview: Metin Göktepe (April 10, 1968 – January 8, 1996) was a Turkish photojournalist who was tortured and brutally murdered in police custody in Istanbul on January 8, 1996.0 0 -
135.
Hatip Dicle
Kurdish politicianOverview: Mehmet Hatip Dicle (born 1955, Diyarbakir, Turkey), is a Turkish politician, of Kurdish origin, of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).Date of birth: 1955Age: 66Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0#n of 8#n of 19#n of 59 -
136.
Pervin Buldan
Turkish politicianOverview: Pervin Buldan (born 6 November 1967) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin. She was a member of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). She is President of Yakay-Der and one of the deputy speakers in the …0 0#n of 23#n of 8,825#n of 162 -
137.
Hikmet Fidan
Turkish politicianOverview: Hikmet Fidan (1955? – 6 July 2005), a Kurdish politician of Turkey, was the former deputy leader of the Democratic People’s Party (HADEP) until it was banned by the Constitutional Court in 2003. He was …Date of birth: 1955Date of death: 2005Age: 49 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
138.
Süleyman Nazif
Turkish, PoetOverview: Süleyman Nazif (Ottoman Turkish: سلیمان نظیف; 29 January 1870 – 4 January 1927) was a Turkish poet and a prominent member of the CUP. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages …Date of birth: 1870Date of death: 1927Age: 56 (age at death)Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Poet0 0#n of 8#n of 33#n of 10 -
139.
Mehmet Demir
Overview: Mehmet Demir is a politician with the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, and served as co-mayor of Batman until his removal by the Turkish state in March 2020.Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0 -
140.
Çağlar Demirel
Turkish politician of Kurdish originOverview: Çağlar Demirel (born 29 July 1969, Kulp, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin and a former member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).0 0 -
141.
Feyyaz Duman
Turkish actorOverview: Feyyaz Duman (born 14 June 1982) is a Turkish actor of Kurdish descent. Duman was born in 1982 in Mardin. He is a graduate of Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory with a degree in folk dance …0 0 -
142.
Ebru Timtik
Turkish lawyer and human rights activistOverview: Ebru Timtik (1978 – August 27, 2020) was a Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer who died after going on hunger strike in pursuit of a fair trial. She was one of a group of 18 lawyers known for representing …0 0 -
143.
Abdullah Zeydan
Turkish politicianOverview: Abdullah Zeydan (born 13 March 1972 in Yüksekova) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).0 0 -
144.
Ceylan (singer)
Overview: Ceylan Avcı (born 26 June 1974) is a Turkish arabesque and folk singer, who is of Zaza descent. Her family is from Tunceli.0 0 -
145.
Ayşe Acar Başaran
Overview: Ayşe Acar Başaran (born 2 October 1985) is a lawyer and politician of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP). She is a current Member of Parliament for the city of Batman in Turkey. She was appointed spo …0 0 -
146.
Kurds in Turkey
Ethnic groupOverview: Kurds in Turkey refers to people born in or residing in Turkey who are of Kurdish origin. The Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey. According to various estimates, they compose between 15% and …0 0 -
147.
Ahmet Aslan
Turkish musician of Zaza descentOverview: Ahmet Aslan (born 1968 in Hozat) is a Turkish musician of Zaza descent. He performs classical songs in both Turkish and Zaza.Date of birth: 1968Age: 530 0 -
148.
Gülnaz Karataş
Female militant of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)Overview: Gülnaz Karataş (1971, Solhan – 25 October 1992) (nom de guerre – Berîtan) was a female fighter of the PKK.0 0 -
149.
Vedat Aydın (Kurdish politician)
Kurdish lawyer and politicianOverview: Vedat Aydın (1953 – 7July 1991) was a Kurdish politician and human rights lawyer. He was married to Sükran Aydın.0 0 -
150.
Nurettin Demirtaş
Turkish politicianOverview: Nurettin Demirtaş (born 1972) is a former Kurdish politician of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey.Date of birth: 1972Age: 49Nationality: TurkishOccupation: Politician0 0
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