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Leyla Güven

1964 - Today

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Leyla Güven (born 6 May 1964, Cihanbeyli, Konya, Turkey) is a Kurdish politician and HDP MP for Hakkari, co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and former mayor of the municipality of Viranşehir in the Şanlıurfa Province of Southeast Anatolia of Turkey, where she represented the former Democratic Society Party (DTP). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Leyla Güven is the 18,758th most popular politician, the 1,403rd most popular biography from Türkiye and the 511th most popular Turkish Politician.

Leyla Güven is a Kurdish politician from Turkey, known for her activism in advocating for Kurdish rights and her opposition to the Turkish government's policies. She gained international attention for her hunger strike in 2018, which aimed to protest the imprisonment of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and highlight issues of political repression.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leyla Güven ranks 18,758 out of 19,576Before her are Abdolmalek Rigi, Anders Borg, José María Olazábal, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Tahir Elçi, and Shabana Mahmood. After her are Anthony Weiner, Anna Eshoo, Uxue Barkos, Ernie Fletcher, Yevgeny Sadovyi, and Thomas Francis Meagher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Leyla Güven ranks 916Before her are Dea Loher, Vladimir Soria, Cara Seymour, Tom Hall, Dieter Eckstein, and Chelsea Noble. After her are Anthony Weiner, Jill Hetherington, Uxue Barkos, Christer Majbäck, Markus Zimmermann, and Hatoon al-Fassi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Güven ranks 1,403 out of 1,347Before her are Fuat Usta (1972), Furkan Andıç (1990), Caner Erkin (1988), Tolga Sarıtaş (1991), Sinan Bolat (1988), and Tahir Elçi (1966). After her are Aslı Tandoğan (1979), Fikret Orman (1967), Ayhan Akman (1977), Ekin Koç (1992), Gökhan Zan (1981), and Ömer Aşık (1986).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Leyla Güven ranks 511Before her are Figen Yüksekdağ (1971), Fatma Şahin (1966), Ali Yerlikaya (null), Ömer Çelik (1968), Fahrettin Koca (1965), and Tahir Elçi (1966). After her are Şafak Pavey (1976), Sebahat Tuncel (1975), Garo Paylan (1972), Ekin Deligöz (1971), Ibrahim Baylan (1972), and Dilek Öcalan (1987).