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Latest News from KHRP and the Kurdish Regions

KHRP Executive Director and Chair Launch their New Book - The European Union and Turkish Accession [1/05/2008]
KHRP Condemns Fatal Expulsion of Syrian and Iranian Refugees by Turkey [29/04/2008]
Iran Confirms Death Sentence of Kurdish Journalist [25/04/2008]
KHRP Publishes Spring Issue of its Newsline Newsletter [7/04/2008]
**Employment Vacancy: Resources and Communications Co-ordinator** [3/04/2008]
KHRP Condemns Ongoing Violence against Civilians in Turkey and Syria since Newroz Festival [2/04/2008]
KHRP Publishes its 2007 Impact Report [26/03/2008]
KHRP 2008 JUNIOR/ SENIOR FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN [26/03/2008]

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KHRP Mourns Death of Mehmet Uzun

Friday, 12 October 2007

Mehmet Uzun 1953-2007

Kurdish Human Rights Project is extremely saddened at the death on 11 October in Diyarbakır of Kurdish writer and cultural figure Mehmet Uzun after a long battle with cancer.

A prolific writer and linguist of the Kurdish language, Uzun lived in exile in Sweden from 1977, where he led successful literary career. He was the writer of Turkey’s first modern Kurdish novel, Tu (You, 1985) and edited the first anthology of Kurdish literature which included over one hundred writers and poets from across the Kurdish regions. Over the years his work has faced censorship and restrictions in Turkey, but has been lauded internationally and translated into over 20 languages.

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Impact Report 2007