Sevan Nişanyan
Sevan Nişanyan is a Turkish-Armenian writer, fugitive and lexicographer. Author of a number of books, Nişanyan was awarded the Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Liberty Award of the Turkish Human Rights... Wikipedia
- Native name: Սեւան Նշանեան
- Born: Sevan Bedros Nişanyan, (age), Istanbul, Turkey
- Nationality: Armenian
- Citizenship: Turkey, Armenia
- Education: Robert College, Yale University, Columbia University
- Occupation: Journalist, writer, linguist
- Notable work: Yanlış Cumhuriyet (The Wrong Republic), Nişanyan Sözlük (Etymological Dictionary of Contemporary Turkish), Index Anatolicus
- Spouse(s): Ira Tzourou
- Awards: Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Liberty Award of the Turkish Human Rights Association, 2004
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