# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leyla-zana
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:12.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leyla-zana"
name: "Leyla Zana"
slug: "leyla-zana"
description: "Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician in Turkey. 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 was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries."
tagline: "Turkish statesperson (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zana_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.77
  momentum:             25
  historical:           23.28571866666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/leylazanainfo"
    handle:    "leylazanainfo"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ليلى زانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليلى زانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Зана Ләйлә"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লেইলা জানা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Λεϊλά Ζάνα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%96%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94"
    title: "ליילה זאנה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լեյլա Զանա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Leyla Zana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leyla_Zana"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464689"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump