1958 - 2013
Sakine Cansız (Turkish pronunciation: [saːciˈne dʒanˈsɯz]; Kurdish: Sakîne Cansiz, IPA: [sɑːkiːnɛ dʒɑːnsɪz]; 1958 – 9 January 2013) was one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). A Kurdish activist in the 1980s, she was arrested and tortured by Turkish police. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sakine Cansız has received more than 121,644 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sakine Cansız is the 447th most popular social activist (down from 391st in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 947th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Sakine Cansız ranks 447 out of 538. Before her are Stokely Carmichael, Devdas Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Denis Goldberg, and Annie Kenney. After her are Osvaldo Hurtado, Szeto Wah, Medha Patkar, Bruno Manser, Wolfe Tone, and Kim Ok.
1941 - 1998
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 441
1900 - 1957
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 442
1878 - 1931
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 443
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 444
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 445
1879 - 1953
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 446
1958 - 2013
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 447
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 448
1931 - 2011
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 449
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 450
1954 - 2005
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 451
1763 - 1798
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 452
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 453
Among people born in 1958, Sakine Cansız ranks 241. Before her are Bernard Genghini, Bernard Fellay, Luz Casal, Pita, Marcos Paquetá, and Louise Penny. After her are Walburga Habsburg Douglas, Candace Bushnell, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Zoran Vujović, Shafi Goldwasser, and Nichi Vendola. Among people deceased in 2013, Sakine Cansız ranks 318. Before her are C. Gordon Fullerton, Imants Ziedonis, Giovanni Cheli, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Jean Marcel Honoré, and Max Jakobson. After her are Peter Gilmore, Amar Bose, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Jean Stapleton, María de Villota, and Stan Musial.
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 235
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 236
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 237
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 238
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 239
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 240
1958 - 2013
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 241
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 242
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 243
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 244
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 245
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 246
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 247
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 312
1933 - 2013
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 313
1918 - 2013
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 314
1931 - 2013
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 315
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 316
1923 - 2013
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 317
1958 - 2013
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 318
1931 - 2013
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 319
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 320
1914 - 2013
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 321
1923 - 2013
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 322
1980 - 2013
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 323
1920 - 2013
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 324
Among people born in Turkey, Sakine Cansız ranks 1,045 out of 1,301. Before her are Evagrius of Constantinople (350), Bahriye Üçok (1919), Can Yaman (1989), Türkan Saylan (1935), Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815), and Toros Toramanian (1864). After her are Selahattin Demirtaş (1973), Afife Jale (1902), Osman Nuri Topbaş (1942), Birol Ünel (1961), John Kourkouas (null), and Türkân Akyol (1928).
350 - 380
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 1,039
1919 - 1990
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 1,040
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,041
1935 - 2009
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 1,042
1815 - 1891
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,043
1864 - 1934
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 1,044
1958 - 2013
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,045
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 1,046
1902 - 1941
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 1,047
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 1,048
1961 - 2020
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 1,049
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 1,050
1928 - 2017
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 1,051
Among social activists born in Turkey, Sakine Cansız ranks 4. Before her are Hrant Dink (1954), Deniz Gezmiş (1947), and İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949). After her are Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Eren Keskin (1959), Mari Beyleryan (1877), Cenk Uygur (1970), Murder of Özgecan Aslan (1995), Saadet Özkan (1978), and Hande Kader (1993).
1954 - 2007
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1
1947 - 1972
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2
1949 - 1973
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3
1958 - 2013
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 4
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 6
1877 - 1915
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 26.91
Rank: 8
1995 - 2015
HPI: 25.81
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.65
Rank: 10
1993 - 2016
HPI: 24.47
Rank: 11