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Kenan Evren

1917 - 2015

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Ahmet Kenan Evren (Turkish: [ˈce.nan ˈev.ɾen]; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment and demotion of his military rank, (down to private from army general) for leading the military coup in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenan Evren has received more than 658,975 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Kenan Evren is the 2,113th most popular politician (down from 1,824th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 240th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who led the 1980 coup d'état that overthrew the government of the Turkish democratic republic.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kenan Evren ranks 2,113 out of 19,576. Before him are Manasseh, Philip, Duke of Parma, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Vasily II of Moscow, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Peter II of Aragon. After him are Jean Sylvain Bailly, Emperor Taizong of Song, Princess Muna al-Hussein, John I of Castile, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, and Empress Suiko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Kenan Evren ranks 18. Before him are Ferdinand Marcos, Anthony Burgess, Ernest Borgnine, Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, and Joan Clarke. After him are James Rainwater, Otto Günsche, Joan Fontaine, Jean-Pierre Melville, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Robert Mitchum. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenan Evren ranks 28. Before him are Ulrich Beck, Leonard Nimoy, Lemmy, Yitzhak Navon, Tariq Aziz, and Otto Carius. After him are Irwin Rose, Charles H. Townes, Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Maya Plisetskaya, and Manoel de Oliveira.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Kenan Evren ranks 230 out of 1,347. Before him are Michael I Cerularius (1005), Priscus (410), Theophanes the Confessor (758), John VII Palaiologos (1370), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), and Fatih Terim (1953). After him are Eumenes (-362), Julius Martov (1873), Komitas (1869), Calouste Gulbenkian (1869), Basilios Bessarion (1403), and Ismihan Sultan (1544).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Kenan Evren ranks 122. Before him are Beyhan Sultan (1497), Fahri Korutürk (1903), Theodosius III (700), Alexander (870), John VII Palaiologos (1370), and Theodora Porphyrogenita (984). After him are Julius Martov (1873), Şehzade Abdullah (1776), Fatma Sultan (1605), Vitiges (475), Cevdet Sunay (1899), and John IV Laskaris (1250).

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