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The Most Famous

JOURNALISTS from Turkey

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This page contains a list of the greatest Turkish Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 127 Journalists, 3 of which were born in Turkey. This makes Turkey the birth place of the 9th most number of Journalists behind Italy and Azerbaijan.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkish Journalists of all time. This list of famous Turkish Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Ara Güler

1. Ara Güler (1928 - 2018)

With an HPI of 53.05, Ara Güler is the most famous Turkish Journalist.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Ara Güler (Armenian: Արա ԿիւլԷր; 16 August 1928 – 17 October 2018) was an Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". He was "one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers".

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2. Selma Rıza (1872 - 1931)

With an HPI of 48.74, Selma Rıza is the 2nd most famous Turkish Journalist.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Selma Rıza (5 February 1872 – 5 October 1931) was the first female Turkish journalist. She was also one of the early novelists of Turkey. During the Turkish War of Liberation she supported Mustafa Kemal Pasha. After her death, her relatives assumed the surname Feraceli; so sometimes she is also known as Selma Rıza Feraceli.

Photo of Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek

3. Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893 - 1964)

With an HPI of 44.64, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek is the 3rd most famous Turkish Journalist.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893 – 9 April 1964) was a Turkish women's rights advocate, suffragist, journalist and founder of the first feminist women's magazine and Muslim women's rights organization in Turkey. The magazine was the first to publish a photograph of a Muslim woman.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as journalists born between 1872 and 1928. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased journalists include Ara Güler, Selma Rıza, and Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek.

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Which Journalists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Journalists since 1700.