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Aslı Erdoğan

1967 - Today

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Aslı Erdoğan (born 8 March 1967) is a prize-winning Turkish writer, author, human rights activist, and columnist for Özgür Gündem and formerly for Radikal, ex political prisoner, particle physicist. Her second novel has been published in English, and eight books translated into twenty languages. Aslı Erdoğan is a writer of literature and author of eight books, novels, novellas, collections of poetic prose and essays, translated into twenty languages including English, French, German, and published by various publishers such as Actes Sud, Penguin Germany, The City Lights among others. She has worked as a columnist in various national and international papers, and she was arrested in 2016 for her collaboration with the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aslı Erdoğan is the 556th most popular social activist (up from 573rd in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,224th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aslı Erdoğan ranks 556 out of 840. Before her are Oswaldo Payá, Wolfe Tone, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Roger Stone, Sakine Cansız, and Marie Stritt. After her are Jerry Rubin, Mina Ahadi, Emily Davies, Bram Fischer, Maggie Gobran, and David Reimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Aslı Erdoğan ranks 255. Before her are Gus Poyet, Masashi Nakayama, Manuela Maleeva, Kotono Mitsuishi, Quentin Meillassoux, and Tim "Ripper" Owens. After her are Kazuya Nakai, Igor Dobrovolski, Yuji Sakakura, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Charlotte Lewis, and Teddy Riley.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Aslı Erdoğan ranks 1,192 out of 1,347. Before her are Ali Bozer (1925), Feridun Buğeker (1933), Suat Mamat (1930), Tanju Çolak (1963), Sakine Cansız (1958), and Aras Bulut İynemli (1990). After her are Güler Sabancı (1955), İbrahim Çelikkol (1982), Varlam Avanesov (1884), Sadi Irmak (1904), Rosy Varte (1923), and Mustafa Subhi (1882).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Türkiye

Among social activists born in Türkiye, Aslı Erdoğan ranks 6. Before her are Hrant Dink (1954), Deniz Gezmiş (1947), Mari Beyleryan (1877), İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), and Sakine Cansız (1958). After her are Eren Keskin (1959), Cenk Uygur (1970), Hande Kader (1993), Murder of Özgecan Aslan (1995), and Saadet Özkan (1978).

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