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Namık Kemal

1840 - 1888

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Namık Kemal (Ottoman Turkish: نامق كمال, pronounced [ˈnaː.mɯk ce.ˈmal]; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their struggle for governmental reform in the Ottoman Empire during the late Tanzimat period, which would lead to the First Constitutional Era in the Empire in 1876. Kemal was particularly significant for championing the notions of freedom and fatherland in his numerous plays and poems, and his works would have a powerful impact on the establishment of and future reform movements in Turkey, as well as other former Ottoman territories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Namık Kemal has received more than 226,256 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Namık Kemal is the 1,705th most popular writer (down from 1,325th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 452nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Namık Kemal ranks 1,705 out of 5,755. Before him are Voltairine de Cleyre, Joseph Addison, Masaoka Shiki, Elsa Beskow, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Emilia Pardo Bazán. After him are Aryadeva, Alma Reville, Miguel Hernández, Philemon, Attila József, and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Namık Kemal ranks 32. Before him are Shibusawa Eiichi, Johan Svendsen, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, Emin Pasha, and Hiram Maxim. After him are William, Prince of Orange, George Smith, Gall, August Leskien, Gabriel von Max, and Marie Bracquemond. Among people deceased in 1888, Namık Kemal ranks 26. Before him are Johannes Zukertort, Elizabeth Stride, Annie Chapman, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, and Catherine Eddowes. After him are Edward Lear, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, Philip Sheridan, and Dora d'Istria.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Namık Kemal ranks 579 out of 1,301. Before him are Sultan Kösen (1982), Dani Rodrik (1957), Jacob Baradaeus (505), Rhesus of Thrace (null), Adamantios Korais (1748), and Leo II, King of Armenia (1236). After him are Stachys the Apostle (20), Yousuf Karsh (1908), Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), Aëtius of Amida (502), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), and Ishme-Dagan I (-1780).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Namık Kemal ranks 49. Before him are Zeki Müren (1931), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), and Adamantios Korais (1748). After him are Symeon the Metaphrast (900), John of Ephesus (507), Menander Protector (550), Aristeas (-600), John Tzetzes (1110), and Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101).

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