POLITICIAN

Meral Akşener

1956 - Today

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Meral Akşener (née Gürer, Turkish pronunciation: [meˈɾal ˈakʃenæɾ]; born 18 July 1956) is a Turkish politician, teacher, historian and academic who is the founder of the Good Party (İYİ Party). Akşener first entered parliament as a deputy of the True Path Party (DYP) in the 1995 and 1999 general election, and served as the interior minister in the coalition government established by Necmettin Erbakan between 1996 and 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meral Akşener has received more than 548,012 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Meral Akşener is the 12,630th most popular politician (down from 10,752nd in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 852nd in 2019) and the 328th most popular Turkish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

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  • 57.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Meral Akşener ranks 12,630 out of 19,576Before her are Walter Sisulu, Günther Schwägermann, King Si of Zhou, Edgar Lungu, Raúl Cubas Grau, and Heliocles I. After her are Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Henry of Scotland, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Giovanni II Cornaro, Primo Nebiolo, and Ali Rıza Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Meral Akşener ranks 199Before her are Chris Carter, Mark St. John, Amira Hass, Joe Montana, Takeshi Okada, and Edgar Lungu. After her are Victor Pițurcă, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Adriana Barraza, Elizabeth Strout, Corina Casanova, and Val Valentino.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Meral Akşener ranks 851 out of 1,347Before her are Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Mustafa Sandal (1970), Tigran Chukhajian (1837), Arsacius of Tarsus (400), Hegesias of Magnesia (-200), and Attilâ İlhan (1925). After her are Ali Rıza Pasha (1860), Vahram Papazian (1888), Ömer Seyfettin (1884), Sabiha Kasimati (1912), Selma Rıza (1872), and Pancras of Taormina (1).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Meral Akşener ranks 328Before her are Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (1100), Recep Peker (1889), Nihat Erim (1912), Köprülüzade Numan Pasha (1670), Yıldırım Akbulut (1935), and George Mouzalon (1220). After her are Ali Rıza Pasha (1860), Andronikos Komnenos (1108), Ino Anastasia (600), Doğu Perinçek (1942), Dionysius of Heraclea (-360), and Hakan Fidan (1968).