POLITICIAN

Leyla Zana

1961 - Today

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Leyla Zana (born 3 May 1961) is a Kurdish politician. She was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leyla Zana has received more than 212,721 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Leyla Zana is the 10,886th most popular politician (up from 11,233rd in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 891st in 2019) and the 292nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leyla Zana ranks 10,886 out of 19,576. Before her are Milton George Henschel, Kabayama Sukenori, Georgios Rallis, Hugh V, Count of Maine, Eudamidas III, and Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After her are Carl Johan Thyselius, Mardavij, Ignacio Comonfort, Wan Waithayakon, Sydir Kovpak, and Roque Sáenz Peña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Leyla Zana ranks 126. Before her are Ahmed Aboutaleb, Veselin Vujović, José Luis Mendilibar, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Jean-Christophe Grangé, and Virginia Madsen. After her are Greg LeMond, Jimmy Somerville, Sigrid Kaag, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, and Juha Sipilä.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Zana ranks 731 out of 1,347. Before her are Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1557), Mleh, Prince of Armenia (1200), Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230), Marie-Joseph Chénier (1764), Leo of Tripoli (900), and Hecatomnus (-500). After her are Marcia Euphemia (500), Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (-200), Hâfiz Osman (1642), Nazım Pasha (1848), Alypius the Stylite (700), and Joseph Bringas (950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Leyla Zana ranks 292. Before her are Isaac Komnenos (1093), George of Antioch (1100), Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem (1145), Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1557), Mleh, Prince of Armenia (1200), and Hecatomnus (-500). After her are Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (-200), Joseph Bringas (950), Philip I, Latin Emperor (1243), Mehmed Said Pasha (1830), Andronikos Doukas Angelos (1130), and Theodosius (583).

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