Mazlum Doğan

Mazlum Doğan (born 1956, Seydan, Tunceli Province – died 21 March 1982, Diyarbakır, Turkey) was a journalist and a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. He was a Kurdish Alevi. He was the first chief editor of the party's newspaper Serxwebûn. In 1979, he had planned to leave Turkey towards Syria, but was arrested and served time in the infamous Diyarbakir No. 5 prison. Mazlum Doğan committed suicide in protest of the Turkish coup d'état and the inhumane conditions he and other prisoners were facing inside of the penitentiary. Today he is seen as a hero and a martyr for the Kurdish resistance movement.

Mazlum Doğan
Mazlum Doğan
Born1956
Seydan village, Mazgirt, Tunceli Province
Died21 March 1982
Diyarbakır Prison
Cause of deathSuicide
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationDev-Genç
Notable workSerxwebûn
Political partyKurdistan Workers' Party
Parents
  • Kazim Doğan (father)
  • Kebire Doğan (mother)
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