Mehdi Zana

Mehdi Zana
Mayor of Diyarbakir
In office
1978–1980
Personal details
Born
Mehdi Bilici

(1940-12-20) 20 December 1940 (age 83)
Silvan
Political partyWorkers Party of Turkey

Mehdi Zana (born 20 December 1940[1]) is an author and former Kurdish politician from Turkey.[2][3] He is prominent Kurdish political activist a former Mayor of Diyarbakır. Following the coup de état in 1980 he was imprisoned for more than ten years.

  1. ^ "Mehdi Zana'nın vefat haberi Kürtleri üzdü" [News of Mehdi Zana's death saddens Kurds]. www.rudaw.net (in Turkish).
  2. ^ "Mehdi Zana" (in Swedish). Stockholm Sweden: Foundation For A Kurdish Library & Museum. January 23, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2011. At: "KORT BIOGRAFI ÖVER FÖRFATTAREN OCH POLITIKERN MEHDI ZANA"
  3. ^ "Mehdi Zana, a voice from behind the bars". The Middle East Magazine. Tel Aviv: Middle East Magazine Ltd. May 1996. OCLC 32187870. Retrieved April 23, 2011.