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Mehmet Akif Ersoy

1873 - 1936

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Mehmet Akif Ersoy (20 December 1873 – 27 December 1936) was a Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehmet Akif Ersoy has received more than 218,007 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Mehmet Akif Ersoy is the 1,612th most popular writer (down from 1,494th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 513th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Safahat
1989

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ranks 1,612 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip José Farmer, Petar Kočić, Eileen Chang, Peter Altenberg, Pacuvius, and Uri Avnery. After him are Marie de Gournay, Aharon Appelfeld, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, Alice Walker, and Adèle Hugo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ranks 58. Before him are Nadežda Petrović, Leo Frobenius, Max Adler, Otto Wels, Édouard Claparède, and Hans Berger. After him are Adolph Zukor, Antonie Pannekoek, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Jukums Vācietis, Viktor Chernov, and Moisei Uritsky. Among people deceased in 1936, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ranks 62. Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Max Schreck, Basil Zaharoff, Gyula Gömbös, Mikhail Tomsky, and Takahashi Korekiyo. After him are Martin Lowry, Irving Thalberg, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Henri de Régnier, Edward Bach, and Charles Curtis.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ranks 466 out of 1,347. Before him are Kemal Reis (1451), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Şah Sultan (1544), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Isaac of Armenia (338), and Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315). After him are Demetrios I of Constantinople (1914), Eutychius of Constantinople (512), Manuel I of Trebizond (1218), Édouard Balladur (1929), Crates of Mallus (-200), and Adamantios Korais (1748).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ranks 44. Before him are George of Pisidia (580), Adnan Oktar (1956), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Namık Kemal (1840), Yaşar Kemal (1923), and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929). After him are Adamantios Korais (1748), Oribasius (325), Nicander (-250), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), and Petros Markaris (1937).

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