About Ayşe Bircan
Born 1954. Ayşe Bircan is a Turkish writer and journalist.
Ayse Bircan (born 1954) is a Turkish activist and writer. As a young left-wing organizer in Turkey, she was targeted by authorities and fled to England, where her work has focused on refugee rights. Her essay "Black and Turkish" appears in the 1992 anthology Daughters of Africa.
Early life and youth activism Ayse Bircan was born in 1954. She grew up in Istanbul, Turkey. Bircan's father was self-educated and encouraged his children, including his daughters, to pursue education.
She was also a founding member of the Turkish Peace Association.
She was able to finally complete her sociology degree after returning to college in the U.K. in 1989.
Personal life In 1975, she married a Kurdish fellow activist. The couple had one son.
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Turkish social reformer and writer (born 1954)
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Ayşe Bircan was born in 1954 in Istanbul.
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Ayşe Bircan is a writer and journalist.
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