1958 - 2013
Sakine Cansız Turkish Activist
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Details
| First Name |
Sakine
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| Last Name |
Cansız
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| Full Name at Birth |
Sakine Cansız
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1957
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| Birthplace |
Tunceli Province, Turkey
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| Died |
9th January, 2013
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| Place of Death |
The Kurdistan Information Center in Paris, France.
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| Cause of Death |
Execution-style shooting
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Nationality |
Turkish
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| Occupation Text |
Kurdish rights advocate
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| Occupation |
Activist
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| Claim to Fame |
one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (or PKK)
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| Associated Acts |
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (or PKK), The Kurdistan Information Center
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| Pets |
Fidan Doğan (Kurdish female activist), Leyla Şaylemez (Kurdish female activist), Abdullah Öcalan (PKK founder), Yusuf Kenan Deniz (teacher)
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Sakine Cansız (Kurdish: Sakîne Cansiz, 1958 – 9 January 2013) was one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). A Kurdish activist in the 1980s, she was arrested and tortured by Turkish police. A close associate of Abdullah Öcalan and a senior member of the PKK, she was shot dead during the triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris, France, on 9 January 2013, along with two other female Kurdish activists, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Söylemez.
