Sevan Nişanyan
Turkish lexicographer and writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1956)
Sevan Nişanyan (born 21 December 1956) is an Armenian writer, fugitive and lexicographer born in Turkey. Author of a number of books, Nişanyan was awarded the Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Liberty Award of the Turkish Human Rights Association in 2004 for his contributions to greater freedom of speech. He is also known for his work to restore Şirince, a semi-derelict village near Turkey's Aegean coast.
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