Born in Urfa, Turkey January 01, 1953 Died October 11, 2007 Mehmed Uzun (1953 – October 10, 2007) was a contemporary Zaza-Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Although the Kurdish language was outlawed in Turkey from 1920 to 1990, he started to write in his mother tongue. As a … Continue reading Turks&Kurds: Kurdish Novelist Mehmed Uzun