About Ismet Chériff Vanly
Lived 1924 – 2011 (aged 86). Ismet Chériff Vanly was a Syrian historian.
Ismet Cheriff Vanly (21 November 19242011) was a Kurdish scholar and political activist.
Background and education Ismet Cheriff Vanly was born in Syria, to Turkish parents, his father a Kurdish officer from Van.
Vanly worked with the Society for Threatened Peoples at the end of the 1970s and remained on its advisory board until his death in 2011.
Death He died on 9 November 2011 at home in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Who was Ismet Chériff Vanly?
Syrian historian
When was Ismet Chériff Vanly born?
Ismet Chériff Vanly was born on 21 November 1924 in Damascus.
When did Ismet Chériff Vanly die?
Ismet Chériff Vanly died on 9 November 2011 in Lausanne.
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Ismet Chériff Vanly was a historian.
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Ismet Chériff Vanly was Syrian.
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