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Süleyman Demirel

1924 - 2015

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Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (Turkish pronunciation: [sylejˈman de'miɾæl]; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times between the years 1965 and 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Süleyman Demirel has received more than 760,974 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Süleyman Demirel is the 1,283rd most popular politician (up from 1,362nd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular Politician.

Süleyman Demirel is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1969 to 1973 and from 1993 to 1996.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Süleyman Demirel has had the most page views in the with 547,714 views, followed by English (124,419), and Russian (38,044). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (116.56%), Egyptian Arabic (115.79%), and Chinese (114.22%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Süleyman Demirel ranks 1,283 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Andronikos I Komnenos, John VI Kantakouzenos, Güyük Khan, Frederick IV of Denmark, and Maurice, Prince of Orange. After him are Toghon Temür, Moshe Katsav, Şah Sultan, Eleftherios Venizelos, Andrei Gromyko, and Rafic Hariri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Süleyman Demirel ranks 10. Before him are Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, Robert Mugabe, and Eli Cohen. After him are Sarah Vaughan, Jean-François Lyotard, Ezer Weizman, Jacques Le Goff, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Lauren Bacall. Among people deceased in 2015, Süleyman Demirel ranks 15. Before him are Omar Sharif, Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, B.B. King, Helmut Schmidt, and Anita Ekberg. After him are Henning Mankell, Josef Masopust, Laura Antonelli, Val Logsdon Fitch, Kim Young-sam, and Richard von Weizsäcker.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Süleyman Demirel ranks 162 out of 1,347. Before him are Mausolus (-410), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Constantine VI (771), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), and John VI Kantakouzenos (1292). After him are Şah Sultan (1509), Numerian (254), Constantine IV (652), Uzun Hasan (1423), Alexios V Doukas (1140), and Leo VI the Wise (866).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Süleyman Demirel ranks 85. Before him are Mausolus (-410), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Constantine VI (771), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), and John VI Kantakouzenos (1292). After him are Şah Sultan (1509), Numerian (254), Constantine IV (652), Uzun Hasan (1423), Alexios V Doukas (1140), and Leo VI the Wise (866).

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