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Abdullah Zeydan

PEP · Politician

Abdullah Zeydan is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Abdullah Zeydan				[sources]
Birth date	1972-03-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Yüksekova district				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Abdullah				[sources]
Last name	Zeydan				[sources]
Political association	Peoples' Democratic Party · Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q31189280				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · mayor of Van (2024-) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015-2015) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015-2018)				[sources]
Education	International American University				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (born 1972)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-26

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