Yaşar Kemal
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Yaşar Kemal (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈjaʃar ceˈmal]; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli;[1] 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading authors.[2][3] He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of Memed, My Hawk.[4][1]
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Born | Kemal Sadık Gökçeli (1923-10-06)6 October 1923 Gökçedam, Osmaniye, Turkey |
Died | 28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 91) Istanbul, Turkey |
Occupation | Novelist |
Period | 1943–2002 |
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An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the oppression of the Kurdish people.[5] He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for Der Spiegel highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish–Kurdish conflict. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for another article he wrote criticising racism in Turkey, especially against the Kurds.[6][7][8][9][10]