Yasar Kemal: Author who came into conflict with Turkey for addressing human rights
'We still have to work very hard to achieve democracy in Turkey, I will continue to write these things until there are no trials against expression'
Susan Frazer
Sunday 08 March 2015
One of Turkey’s best-known novelists, Yasar Kemal’s focus on social injustices brought him into conflict with authority. Best known for his first novel, Ince Memed, or Memed, My Hawk, turned his pen to promoting Marxism during his early years and defending the rights of minorities in Turkey, including the Kurdish minority of which he was part.
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