Leyla Zana
(1961-)

Turkish Human Rights Activist
1994 Rafto Prize for Human Rights
1995 Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights
1995 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

birthdate: May 3
birthplace: Silvan near Diyarbakir, in the southeast of Turkey

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