Murat Karayılan

Acting military commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
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Murat Karayılan

Summary

Murat Karayılan is a human[1]. His place of birth was Birecik[2]. He was born on +1954-06-05T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a military commander[4]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #7,227 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Murat Karayılan's place of birth was Birecik[2].
  • Murat Karayılan was born on +1954-06-05T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Murat Karayılan held citizenship in Turkey[6].
  • Kurdish was Murat Karayılan's native language[7].
  • Turkish was Murat Karayılan's native language[8].
  • Murat Karayılan worked as a military commander[4].
  • Murat Karayılan's image is recorded as Polat Can&Murat Karayilan (cropped) - Murat Karayilan.jpg[9].
  • Murat Karayılan is recorded as male[10].
  • Murat Karayılan's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Murat Karayılan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5772158792820439040008[12].
  • Murat Karayılan's GND ID is recorded as 1358048231[13].
  • Murat Karayılan's IMDb ID is recorded as nm7643626[14].
  • Murat Karayılan's Commons category is recorded as Murat Karayılan[15].
  • Murat Karayılan's participated in conflict is recorded as Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency[16].
  • Murat Karayılan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09v5bfq[17].
  • Murat Karayılan's family name is recorded as Karayılan[18].
  • Murat Karayılan's given name is recorded as Murat[19].
  • Murat Karayılan's allegiance is recorded as Kurdistan Workers' Party[20].
  • Murat Karayılan's political ideology is recorded as Kurdish nationalism[21].
  • Murat Karayılan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Turkish[22].
  • Murat Karayılan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Kurdish[23].
  • Murat Karayılan's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'Mirad Qarayîlan'}[24].
  • Murat Karayılan's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Murat Karayılan'}[25].
  • Murat Karayılan's National Library of Greece ID is recorded as 326485[26].
  • Murat Karayılan's JRC Names ID is recorded as 194078[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Birecik[2], Murat Karayılan… he was born on +1954-06-05T00:00:00Z[3]. Native languages include Kurdish[7] and Turkish[8].

Career and Affiliations

Murat Karayılan's professions included military commander[4].

Why It Matters

Murat Karayılan ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #7,227 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Murat Karayılan born?

Murat Karayılan was born in Birecik[2].

What did Murat Karayılan do for work?

Murat Karayılan worked as military commander[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . reuters.com. reuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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