MILITARY PERSONNEL

Murat Karayılan

1954 - 2023

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Murat Karayılan (Kurdish: Mirad Qarayîlan; born 5 June 1954), also nicknamed Cemal, is one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He became the PKK's acting leader after its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999 by Turkish intelligence agents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murat Karayılan has received more than 257,033 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Murat Karayılan is the 1,527th most popular military personnel (down from 1,503rd in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Turkish Military Personnel.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Murat Karayılan ranks 1,527 out of 2,058. Before him are Courtney Hodges, Patrick Gordon, Johann von Werth, Dmitry Milyutin, Braxton Bragg, and Józef Chłopicki. After him are Douglas Bader, Henry Maitland Wilson, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Herman Kahn, Henri Saint Cyr, and Nina Lobkovskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Murat Karayılan ranks 202. Before him are Joseph-Antoine Bell, Corinna Harfouch, Esko Aho, Laima Vaikule, Kathleen Quinlan, and Anna Galiena. After him are Philippe Alliot, Herbert Zimmermann, Dora Bakoyannis, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, Howard Stern, and Lesley-Anne Down. Among people deceased in 2023, Murat Karayılan ranks 315. Before him are Greta Andersen, Danilo Astori, Harry Frankfurt, Bernie Marsden, Willis Reed, and Fathima Beevi. After him are Josef Vojta, Peter Brötzmann, Randy Meisner, Rosi Mittermaier, John Zizioulas, and Surat Huseynov.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murat Karayılan ranks 814 out of 1,347. Before him are Xanthus (-500), Engin Akyürek (1981), Aphthonius of Antioch (300), Musine Kokalari (1917), Euthymius I of Constantinople (834), and Hypatius of Gangra (300). After him are John Mauropous (990), Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901), Michael Critobulus (1400), Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (1100), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), and Serhat (1964).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Türkiye

Among military personnels born in Türkiye, Murat Karayılan ranks 25. Before him are Bardas Phokas the Younger (940), Leo of Tripoli (900), Nazım Pasha (1848), Hulusi Akar (1952), Justin (600), and Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793). After him are Vladimir Triandafillov (1894), Agha Petros (1880), Solomon (401), John Kourkouas (null), Leo Tornikios (1100), and Aytaç Yalman (1940).

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