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عربي

Asiye Guzel

Asiye Guzel

(1970 - Present)

🇹🇷 Türkiye

In 1996, Asiye Guzel was incarcerated for more than five years in a Turkish jail for left-wing activism, including editing an opposition magazine. She was released in 2002. She fled to Sweden with the aid of PEN, and was re-sentenced in absentia to twelve and a half years in prison. She remains in Sweden, where she declared political asylum.

Biography was provided by Saqi Books. Retrieved from here.

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