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Leyla Zana

1961 - Today

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Leyla Zana (born 3 May 1961) is a Kurdish politician in Turkey. She was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Leyla Zana is the 11,480th most popular politician (down from 10,879th in 2024), the 912th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 887th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leyla Zana ranks 11,480 out of 19,576. Before her are Mutassim Gaddafi, Audata, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Ngô Quyền, John Owen, and Xu Qiliang. After her are José Bonifácio de Andrada, Raymond-Roupen, Catherine of Bulgaria, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Leyla Zana ranks 146. Before her are Tony Rominger, Maia Chiburdanidze, Walter Mazzarri, Byron Scott, Susan Kilrain, Imad Khamis, and E. G. Daily. After her are Janet McTeer, Juha Sipilä, Tim Meadows, Greg LeMond, and Pumpuang Duangjan.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Zana ranks 912 out of 1,347. Before her are Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri (913), Bâkî (1526), Antipater of Tarsus (-300), Armen Garo (1872), and Hermogenes of Tarsus (200). After her are Raymond-Roupen (1199), Phlegon of Tralles (200), Ara Güler (1928), Murat Karayılan (1954), Eutropia (null), and Dieter Zetsche (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Leyla Zana ranks 423. Before her are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Mehmed Orhan (1909), Theodotus I of Constantinople (null), John III of Trebizond (1321), Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666), and Armen Garo (1872). After her are Raymond-Roupen (1199), Eutropia (null), George of Antioch (1100), John Komnenos (1015), Joseph Bringas (950), and David Komnenos (1184).

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