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Author: Sabine Damaschke

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Yasar Kemal (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Obituary: the Turkish writer Yasar Kemal

Poet, rebel and folk hero

He was one of the most important voices in contemporary Turkish literature. All his life, Yasar Kemal campaigned for human rights and peace. Now the well-known author has died. An obituary by Sabine DamaschkeMore

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  1. Palestinian journalists in the Middle East conflict

    In the crosshairs

  2. Peaceful Palestinian protests

    Eyed with suspicion

  3. Parliamentary elections in Iraq

    Shifting towards Iran?

  4. EU and the Maghreb

    Fair trade for a level playing field

  5. "Syrien – ein Land ohne Krieg"

    Syria, as it once was

  6. Interview with Turkish-German writer Feridun Zaimoglu

    "A Muslim cannot be an identitarian"

  1. Hedwig Klein and "Mein Kampf"

    The unknown Arabist

  2. Women′s rights in Islam

    Can feminism be Islamic?

  3. Critical Koran edition "Al-Mushaf wa Qiraʹatuh"

    Explosive potential

  4. Interview with Turkish-German writer Feridun Zaimoglu

    "A Muslim cannot be an identitarian"

  5. Murder and kidnapping in Iraq

    An inexorable tide

  6. Tyranny in the Islamic world

    Keeping the tribe alive

  1. The German Islam Scholar Lamya Kaddor

    Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf

  2. Jordan and the influx of refugees

    The true Samaritans

  3. Muslims in Liberal Democracies

    Why the West Fears Islam

  4. The Decline of Islamic Scientific Thought

    Don't Blame It on al-Ghazali

  5. The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''

    Against the Islamisation of Muslims

  6. Junaid Jamshed

    "I Was a Sinner for Years"

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