Directorate of Religious Affairs

Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs
Organization government_agency Q1231793
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Directorate of Religious Affairs

Summary

Directorate of Religious Affairs is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Directorate of Religious Affairs is located in Çankaya district[3].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs is in the country of Turkey[4].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's instance of is recorded as government agency[5].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's logo image is recorded as Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı yeni logo.svg[6].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's headquarters location is recorded as Ankara[7].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121921077[8].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156488353[9].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's GND ID is recorded as 2101559-4[10].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's chairperson is recorded as Safi Arpaguş[11].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's country of origin is recorded as Turkey[12].
  • +1924-03-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Directorate of Religious Affairs[13].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07wn8v[14].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's official website is recorded as http://www.diyanet.gov.tr[15].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Directorate of Religious Affairs[16].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's subject named as is recorded as DİB[17].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Diyanet'}[18].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's X is recorded as diyanetbasin[19].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's position held by head of the organization is recorded as President of Religious Affairs[20].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's GRID ID is recorded as grid.510583.a[21].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's Ringgold ID is recorded as 343005[22].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's ROR ID is recorded as 007x4cq57[23].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as diyanet-isleri-baskanligi[24].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007301874205171[25].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+301676'}[26].
  • Directorate of Religious Affairs's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+238728'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1924-03-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Directorate of Religious Affairs[13].

Identity

Directorate of Religious Affairs's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Diyanet'}[18].

Leadership

Directorate of Religious Affairs's chairperson is recorded as Safi Arpaguş[11].

Operations

Directorate of Religious Affairs's headquarters location is recorded as Ankara[7].

Why It Matters

Directorate of Religious Affairs ranks in the top 4% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . GRID Release 2021-03-25. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ROR Data Dump 8.0 (April 2021). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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