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Alparslan Türkeş

1917 - 1997

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Alparslan Türkeş (Turkish pronunciation: [alˈpaɾsɫan tyɾˈceʃ]; 25 November 1917 – 4 April 1997) was a Turkish politician, who was the founder and president of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları). He ran the Grey Wolves training camps from 1968 to 1978. More than 600 people are said to have fallen victim of political murders by the Grey Wolves between 1968 and 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alparslan Türkeş has received more than 418,708 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alparslan Türkeş is the 5,607th most popular politician (up from 5,788th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Cyprus (up from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Cypriot Politician.

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  • 57.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alparslan Türkeş ranks 5,607 out of 15,577. Before him are Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Khutulun, At-Ta'i, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Boris Skossyreff, and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. After him are Moktar Ould Daddah, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Bardylis, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, and Francisco de Paula Santander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Alparslan Türkeş ranks 84. Before him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Obdulio Varela, Jean Rouch, Pedro Infante, Harold Garfinkel, and Buddy Rich. After him are Zhang Chunqiao, Asmahan, Nikolai Ogarkov, Vera Lynn, Irving Penn, and Otto Kittel. Among people deceased in 1997, Alparslan Türkeş ranks 73. Before him are Stig Anderson, Fela Kuti, Yevgeny Khaldei, Son Sen, George Wald, and Mate Boban. After him are Ernst Wilimowski, Giuseppe De Santis, Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Samuel Fuller, and Gunpei Yokoi.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Alparslan Türkeş ranks 12 out of 73. Before him are Nicos Anastasiades (1946), John the Merciful (550), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), Rauf Denktaş (1924), and Glafcos Clerides (1919). After him are Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Anne of Cyprus (1418), Christopher A. Pissarides (1948), Spyros Kyprianou (1932), Henry II of Jerusalem (1271), and Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cyprus

Among politicians born in Cyprus, Alparslan Türkeş ranks 7. Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), Rauf Denktaş (1924), and Glafcos Clerides (1919). After him are Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Anne of Cyprus (1418), Spyros Kyprianou (1932), Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), and John II of Cyprus (1418).

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