Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician. 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1961 (age 62 years), Silvan, Diyarbakır
Party: Peoples' Democratic Party
Spouse: Mehdi Zana (m. 1975)
Children: Ruken Zana and Ronay Zana
Organizations founded: Democracy Party and Democratic Society Party
Books: Writings from Prison