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Turgut Özal

1927 - 1993

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Halil Turgut Özal (IPA: [haˈlil tuɾˈɡut øˈzaɫ]; 13 October 1927 – 17 April 1993) was a prominent Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Motherland Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Turgut Özal has received more than 799,234 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Turgut Özal is the 1,427th most popular politician (down from 1,401st in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 199th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Turkish Politician.

Turgut Özal is most famous for being the president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Turgut Özal ranks 1,427 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantine X Doukas, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Philip of Swabia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Alexios III Angelos, and Manuel Azaña. After him are Rafael Trujillo, Leo V the Armenian, Tarja Halonen, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Dorgon, and Guillermo Lasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Turgut Özal ranks 13. Before him are Olof Palme, Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, and Mstislav Rostropovich. After him are K. Alex Müller, László Kubala, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Kim Young-sam, Sidney Poitier, and Lawrence Kohlberg. Among people deceased in 1993, Turgut Özal ranks 12. Before him are Baudouin of Belgium, Erich Hartmann, William Golding, Frank Zappa, James Hunt, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia. After him are Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Bobby Moore, Hans Jonas, and Albert Sabin.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Turgut Özal ranks 177 out of 1,347. Before him are Justinian II (668), Pope John VI (655), Bias of Priene (-600), Laban (-1900), Justin II (520), and Constantine X Doukas (1006). After him are Alexios I of Trebizond (1182), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Alexios IV Angelos (1182), Anthemius (420), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), and Theodore I Laskaris (1174).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Turgut Özal ranks 96. Before him are Alexios V Doukas (1140), Leo VI the Wise (866), Leo IV the Khazar (750), Justinian II (668), Justin II (520), and Constantine X Doukas (1006). After him are Alexios I of Trebizond (1182), Alexios IV Angelos (1182), Anthemius (420), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Michael II (770), and Constantine VIII (960).

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