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Azad Zal
Azad Zal (1972, Diyarbakır) is a poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist of Kurds in Turkey, Kurdish origin. He was born in 1972 in Sur district (Diyarbakır). He is the vice chairman of the Kurdish Writers' Association and he is section editor of the Kurdish Institute in Diyarbakır. His first poems had published in 1990, he had been into prison for 12 years because of his political works. He was an editor of Azadiya Welat between 2005–2006 and at the same time he made editorial Kurdish people, Kurdish works for History Academy of Middle East. He’s worked as a publisher at the Kurdish Instutie in Diyarbakır between 2006–2009, and he was an editor of Kurdish literary magazine “W” after Sîdar Jîr and Dilawer Zeraq. Since 2007 he serves as the vice president of the Kurdish Writers’ Association. Books #''Teşî'' (Spindal), Weşanên AVA (AVA Publications), Amed, June 2009. #''Zimanê Kurdî'' (Kurdish Language), The Kurdish Institute of Amed, Amed September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the second-largest city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. As of December 2021, the Metropolitan Province population was 1,791,373 of whom 1,129,218 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 4 urban districts ( Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur and Yenişehir). Diyarbakır has been a main focal point of the conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurdish separatist groups, and is seen by many Kurds as the de facto capital of Kurdistan. The city was intended to become the capital of an independent Kurdistan following the Treaty of Sèvres, but this was disregarded following subsequent political developments. Names and etymology Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
