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Ismet Cheriff Vanly

Ismet Cheriff Vanly was a Kurdish scholar and political activist.

Background and education
Ismet Cheriff Vanly was born in Syria, to Turkish parents, his father a Kurdish officer from Van. He studied law and philosophy in France, United States, and Switzerland, gaining a PhD in jurisprudence at the University of Lausanne, and a master's degree in history from the University of Geneva, subsequently becoming a professor of political and social sciences. He spoke French, English, Arabic, and Kurdish. == Political life ==
Political life
Vanly worked for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) from 1961 to 1975, becoming a spokesman for its leader Mustafa Barzani. Vanly worked with the Society for Threatened Peoples at the end of the 1970s and remained on its advisory board until his death in 2011. == Death ==
Death
He died on 9 November 2011 at home in Lausanne, Switzerland. == References ==
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