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Can Dündar

1961 - Today

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Can Dündar (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒan dynˈdaɾ], born 16 June 1961) is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. Editor-in-chief of center-left Cumhuriyet newspaper until August 2016, he was arrested in November 2015 after his newspaper published footage showing the State Intelligence MİT sending weapons to Syrian Islamist fighters. One of the "best known" figures in Turkish media, Dündar has written for several newspapers, produced many television programs for state-owned TRT and various private channels including CNN Türk and NTV, and published more than 20 books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Can Dündar has received more than 265,296 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Can Dündar is the 5,153rd most popular writer (down from 5,014th in 2019), the 1,079th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 995th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Can Dündar ranks 5,153 out of 5,755. Before him are Gay Talese, Tim Powers, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Fang Fang, Izaak Walton, and Frederick Rolfe. After him are Henry van Dyke Jr., Christopher Paolini, Kazimierz Brandys, Alison Lurie, Jerry Falwell, and Jan Frans Willems.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Can Dündar ranks 287. Before him are Malu Dreyer, Abderrahmane Sissako, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Cédric Klapisch, Piotr Ugrumov, and Manuel Estiarte. After him are Sally Yeh, Ann Coulter, Gilda, John Key, Yannick Dalmas, and Simone Young.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Can Dündar ranks 1,079 out of 1,301. Before him are Yaşar Erkan (1911), Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893), Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970), Ali Bozer (1925), Duran Çetin (1964), and Tanju Çolak (1963). After him are Muhibbe Darga (1921), Erkan Petekkaya (1970), Alfonso Thiele (1920), Sadi Irmak (1904), Aslı Erdoğan (1967), and Leyla Erbil (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Can Dündar ranks 133. Before him are Osman Nuri Topbaş (1942), Rıfat Ilgaz (1911), Melih Cevdet Anday (1915), Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869), Memnon of Heraclea (null), and Duran Çetin (1964). After him are Leyla Erbil (1931), Oktay Rıfat Horozcu (1914), Mateja Matevski (1929), Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914), Nedim Gürsel (1951), and Mehmed Uzun (1953).

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