MILITARY PERSONNEL

Murat Karayılan

1954 - 2023

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Murat Karayılan (Kurdish: Mirad Qarayîlan; born 5 June 1954), also nicknamed Cemal, is one of the co-founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He became the PKK's acting leader after its original founder and leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was captured in 1999 by Turkish intelligence agents. In 2014, he left the PKK leader position and was assigned as the new commander-in-chief of the PKK's armed wing, the People's Defence Forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murat Karayılan is the 1,352nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,527th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 976th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Turkish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Murat Karayılan ranks 1,352 out of 2,058. Before him are Oku Yasukata, János Pálffy, Ivan Gudovich, Erwin von Lahousen, Laomedon of Mytilene, and René Schneider. After him are Bardas Phokas the Elder, Alexander Chavchavadze, Oleg Kalugin, Shigeyoshi Inoue, William Calley, and Maximilian Fretter-Pico.

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Among people born in 1954, Murat Karayılan ranks 206. Before him are Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Ahmed Dogan, Gabi Ashkenazi, Dennis Haysbert, Joseph Ngute, and Anish Kapoor. After him are Steve Smith, Ingrid Daubechies, Alice, Juanito, Kathleen Quinlan, and Hary Gunarto. Among people deceased in 2023, Murat Karayılan ranks 220. Before him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Sandra Day O'Connor, Dean Smith, Ama Ata Aidoo, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Alfredo M. Bonanno. After him are Yacouba Sawadogo, Jim Brown, Oleg Protopopov, Alma Adamkienė, Kenneth Anger, and Carmen Sevilla.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murat Karayılan ranks 916 out of 1,347. Before him are Armen Garo (1872), Hermogenes of Tarsus (200), Leyla Zana (1961), Raymond-Roupen (1199), Phlegon of Tralles (200), and Ara Güler (1928). After him are Eutropia (null), Dieter Zetsche (1953), George of Antioch (1100), John Komnenos (1015), Cem Karaca (1945), and Agop Dilâçar (1895).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Türkiye

Among military personnels born in Türkiye, Murat Karayılan ranks 30. Before him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (901), Alexios Apokaukos (1250), Tatikios (1100), Nureddin Pasha (1873), Bardas Phokas the Younger (940), and Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793). After him are Hulusi Akar (1952), Justin (600), John Kourkouas (null), Agha Petros (1880), Vladimir Triandafillov (1894), and Nazım Pasha (1848).

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