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Leyla Zana

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Leyla Zana 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	Leyla Zana · Leyla Zanaová · Leylâ Zana · Λεϊλά Ζάνα · Лейла Зана · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Leyla Silvan · Leyla Zanaová · Λεϊλά Ζάνα · Зана Лейла · Зана, Лейла · 11 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Zana · 莉拉·薩娜				[sources]
Birth date	1961-05-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Silvan				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Leyla				[sources]
Last name	Zana				[sources]
Political association	People's Democracy Party · Social Democratic Populist Party				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q464689				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2011-2015) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2015-2015) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015-2018)				[sources]
Last change	2026-05-14	Last processed	2026-05-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish statesperson (born 1961)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-08

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Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,210

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mehdi Zana PEP	spouse	1975	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Grand National Assembly	-	-
member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey	-	-