# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmet-kaya
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:10.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmet-kaya"
name: "Ahmet Kaya"
slug: "ahmet-kaya"
description: "Ahmet Kaya was a \nTurkish Kurd folk music artist. Kaya was persecuted by Turkish nationalist celebrities and authorities. Kaya left Turkey in an act of self-exile, and moved to France, where he would shortly after die of a heart attack."
tagline: "Turkish-Kurdish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmet_Kaya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-10-28"
deathDate: "2000-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.58
  momentum:             0.2661780695042887
  historical:           24.117784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ahmetkayagam/"
    handle:    "ahmetkayagam"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1842647/"
    handle:    "nm1842647"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Y2FwScblyMxpLTrNdfwyU"
    handle:    "1Y2FwScblyMxpLTrNdfwyU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ahmetkaya.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "أحمد كايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "احمد كايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "احمدکایا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fhm%C9%99d_Qaya"
    title: "Əhməd Qaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%95%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "ئەحمەد کایا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "احمد کایا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B0%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%A4_%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1"
    title: "Ահմեդ Քայա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%9D%90%EB%A9%94%ED%8A%B8_%EC%B9%B4%EC%95%BC"
    title: "아흐메트 카야"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "احمد کایا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%8F%2C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Кая, Ахмет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Ahmet Kaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ahmet_Kaya"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fe27e3a-82b3-4002-a885-8c521a1bec14"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q401893"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump