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Ahmet Kaya

1957 - 2000

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Ahmet Kaya (28 October 1957 – 16 November 2000) was a Turkish–Kurdish folk singer. Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmet Kaya has received more than 509,534 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ahmet Kaya is the 395th most popular singer (up from 453rd in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 665th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ahmet Kaya ranks 395 out of 3,528. Before him are Cecilia Bartoli, Lisa Marie Presley, Pinetop Perkins, Carl Perkins, Mory Kanté, and Neda Ukraden. After him are Kirsten Flagstad, Lepa Brena, Zeynab Khanlarova, Rosé, Percy Sledge, and Natalia Oreiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Ahmet Kaya ranks 63. Before him are Bamir Topi, Yoshihiko Noda, Mukesh Ambani, Daniel Stern, Bruce Beutler, and Preben Elkjær. After him are Loreena McKennitt, Ted Levine, Wolfgang Ketterle, Frank Miller, Mikhail Kasyanov, and Fred Vargas. Among people deceased in 2000, Ahmet Kaya ranks 73. Before him are Claude Sautet, Barbara Cartland, Libertad Lamarque, Franck Pourcel, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Pierre Plantard. After him are Roger Peyrefitte, Hubert Maga, Domingos da Guia, Charles M. Schulz, Yasuo Suzuki, and Tito Puente.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Ahmet Kaya ranks 633 out of 1,301. Before him are Helena Kantakouzene (1333), John Tzetzes (1110), Nureddin Pasha (1873), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1839), and Amphilochius of Iconium (339). After him are Diodorus Cronus (-400), Babylas of Antioch (238), Roman of Bulgaria (930), Macrina the Younger (324), Magali Noël (1931), and Hethum I, King of Armenia (1215).

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Among SINGERS In Turkey

Among singers born in Turkey, Ahmet Kaya ranks 5. Before him are İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Sezen Aksu (1954), Ajda Pekkan (1946), and Bülent Ersoy (1952). After him are Darío Moreno (1921), Leyla Gencer (1928), Roza Eskenazi (1895), Sertab Erener (1964), Hande Yener (1973), Şivan Perwer (1955), and Serhat (1964).

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