Mehdi Zana

Mehdi Zana
Mayor of Diyarbakır
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byOlay Kalfagil
Succeeded byFeyyaz Üzümcü
Personal details
BornMehdi Bilici
(1940-12-20) 20 December 1940
PartyWorkers Party of Turkey
Spouse
(m. 1975)
Children2
OccupationPolitician, human rights defender
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Mehdi Zana (born 20 December 1940) is an author and former Kurdish politician from Turkey. 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.