About Abdülmelik Fırat
Lived 1934 – 2009 (aged 74–75). Abdülmelik Fırat was a Turkish politician.
Abdülmelik Fırat (1934, Hınıs – 29 September 2009, Ankara) was a prominent Turkish-Kurdish politician. He was the grandson of Sheikh Said, leader of the 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion. Several returned in 1929, when the law allowed it. He was born in 1934 in Erzurum and attended school in Diyarbakir. For some time, he held sympathies for the People's Democracy Party (HADEP) before in 2001 he established the Rights and Freedoms Party (, HAK-PAR) 2001 in competition of it. He retired from politics on health grounds in 2006.
Publications His book The Euphrates Flows Sadly was the issue of an investigation on separatist propaganda in 1996.
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Who was Abdülmelik Fırat?
Turkish statesperson (1934–2009)
When was Abdülmelik Fırat born?
Abdülmelik Fırat was born in 1934 in Hınıs.
When did Abdülmelik Fırat die?
Abdülmelik Fırat died on 1 September 2009 in Ankara.
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Abdülmelik Fırat was a politician.
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Abdülmelik Fırat was Turkish.
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