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Turgut Özal

1927 - 1993

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Halil Turgut Özal (Turkish pronunciation: [tuɾˈɡut øˈzɑɫ]; 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 745,640 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Turgut Özal is the 1,405th most popular politician (down from 1,181st in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 180th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Turkish Politician.

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

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  • 750k

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  • 67.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Turgut Özal ranks 1,405 out of 15,577Before him are Harsha, Anthemius, John V of Portugal, Alexander I of Serbia, Arghun, and Charles III of Naples. After him are Emil Hácha, Francis II Rákóczi, Isetnofret, Makarios III, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and Mohamed Morsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Turgut Özal ranks 14Before him are Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sidney Poitier, Samuel P. Huntington, Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, and Lawrence Kohlberg. After him are Antônio Carlos Jobim, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kim Young-sam, László Kubala, Niklas Luhmann, and Albert Uderzo. Among people deceased in 1993, Turgut Özal ranks 11Before him are Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, and Ferruccio Lamborghini. After him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Inge Lehmann, and Hans Jonas.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Turgut Özal ranks 199 out of 1,301Before him are Süleyman Demirel (1924), Hippodamus of Miletus (-498), Proclus (412), Sabiha Gökçen (1913), Anthemius (420), and Yunus Emre (1240). After him are Bias of Priene (-600), Pulcheria (399), Gregory Palamas (1296), Pope John VI (655), Ismihan Sultan (1544), and John VI Kantakouzenos (1292).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Turgut Özal ranks 108Before him are Constantine IV (652), Phorcys (null), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), Adnan Menderes (1899), Süleyman Demirel (1924), and Anthemius (420). After him are John VI Kantakouzenos (1292), Isaac I Komnenos (1007), Sultan Cem (1459), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Alexios III Angelos (1153), and Leo IV the Khazar (750).