Reha İsvan
{{Short description|Turkish journalist and agronomist (1925–2013)}}
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| birth_date = 1925
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| death_date = 8 May {{death year and age|2013|1925}}
| death_place = Yalova, Turkey
| resting_place = Taşköprü, Yalova, Turkey
| children = 3
| spouse = Ahmet İsvan
| alma_mater = Ankara University
| occupation = Journalist
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Reha İsvan (1925 – 2013) was a Turkish author, journalist and political activist. She has been known for her post as the vice president of the Turkish Peace Association. She was imprisoned more than three years between February 1982 and February 1986 due to her activities at the association.
Early life and education
She was born in Şehremini, Istanbul, in 1925. Her father was an army officer who accompanied Mustafa Kemal in his journey to Samsun in May 1919.
She graduated from Arnavutköy Girls' High School and received a degree from the Agriculture School in Ankara.{{cite web|title=Cumhuriyet Reha İsvan|url=https://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/11901|publisher=Biyografya|access-date=11 June 2023|language=tr}}
Career and activities
Following her graduation she worked at an agriculture company for a short time and then contributed to a newspaper entitled Çağdaş (Turkish: Contemporary). İsvan also worked for various periodicals. She became the vice president of the Peace Association which was established on 4 April 1977.{{cite book|author=Aryeh Shmuelevitz|title=Republican Turkey Aspects of Internal Affairs and International Relations|year=2010|publisher=The Isis Press; Gorgias Press|location=Piscataway, NJ; Istanbul|page=255
|isbn=9781463229979|doi=10.31826/9781463229979 |url=https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463229979}} The association was headed by Mahmut Dikerdem and was closed shortly before the military coup on 12 September 1980.{{cite journal
|author=John Mepham|title=Turkey: Reading the Small Print|journal=MERIP Middle East Report|date=November–December 1987|issue=149|pages=19,23
|jstor=3012062|doi=10.2307/3012062}}{{cite journal|author=Maureen Freely|title=Two for the road|journal=Index on Censorship|page=30
|date=December 2010|volume=39|issue=4|doi=10.1177/0306422010389282|s2cid=145787119 |doi-access=free}} She was arrested and jailed in the Metris military prison, Istanbul, on 26 February 1982.{{cite news|author=Raşit Gürdilek
|title=Turkish regime swoops on peace activists|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50956891/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=8d7ba033|access-date=28 June 2023|work=The Times|issue=61169|date=27 February 1982|location=Ankara}} She remained in prison until 17 February 1986 without a conviction. Then she and her husband settled in Taşköprü where they involved in agricultural activities at their farm.
İsvan published a book entitled Gün Olur Devran Döner (Turkish: Every Cloud has a Silver Lining). Zeynep Oral published Reha İsvan's memoir which focused on her imprisonment.{{cite news|title=Reha İsvan'ı yitirdik|language=tr |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/reha-isvan-i-yitirdik-23237837|access-date=11 June 2023|work=Hürriyet|date=9 May 2013}}
Personal life and death
Her husband was Ahmet İsvan, a social democrat politician.{{cite web|title=Yazarlar. Ahmet İsvan|language=tr
|url=https://www.iskultur.com.tr/yazarlar/ahmet-isvan|publisher=İşbankası Kültür Yayınları|access-date=11 June 2023}}{{cite news| title=Turkish Military Junta Orders Arrest of 44 Prominent Leftist|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=27 February 1982|access-date=12 June 2023|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/02/27/turkish-military-junta-orders-arrest-of-44-prominent-leftist/e471a905-3f0a-474a-a5c5-cc82a763dbb5/|author=Metin Munir}} They married in 1950 and had three children. She died in Yalova on 8 May 2013. Her funeral prayers were performed at the Levent Mosque, Istanbul, and she was buried in Taşköprü, Yalova.{{cite news|author1=Süheyla Gözdereliler|title=Reha İsvan Yalova'da yaşamını yitirdi|agency=DHA|location=Yalova|language=tr
|url=https://www.haberhurriyeti.com/haber/3316016/reha-isvan-yalovada-yasamini-yitirdi|access-date=11 June 2023|work=Haber Hürriyeti}}
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Category:20th-century Turkish journalists
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Category:Turkish prisoners and detainees
Category:Journalists from Istanbul