Emerîkê Serdar

He was born in the village of Pampa Kurda (Sîpan) in Armenian SSR[1] in a family of Kurds-Yazidi.

His father passed away in World War II when Serdar was less than six years old, leaving his mother, Seyra, to raise him alone.

He worked for three months in the village of Alagyaz, where he taught Armenian as well as Kurdish language and literature.

In 1980, Serdar was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, for his active contributions and work as a journalist.

Serdar was twice appointed a delegate to the congresses of the Union of Journalists in the USSR, which were held in Moscow.