# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ayd-n-say-l
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:30.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ayd-n-say-l"
name: "Aydın Sayılı"
slug: "ayd-n-say-l"
description: "Aydın Sayılı was a Turkish historian of science. Sayılı's portrait is depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 5 lira banknote issued in 2009. He was the first PhD recipient in the world in the field of the history of science."
tagline: "Turkish historian of science (1913–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/5-II_T%C3%BCrk_Liras%C4%B1_reverse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-05-02"
deathDate: "1993-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.01
  momentum:             0.3703703703703704
  historical:           9.071033333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Say%C4%B1l%C4%B1"
    title: "Aydın Sayılı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "أيدين سايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7."
    title: "ايدين لا."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "آیدین ساییلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Say%C4%B1l%C4%B1"
    title: "Aydın Sayılı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Say%C4%B1l%C4%B1"
    title: "Aydın Sayılı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "آیدین ساییلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "איידין סאילי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%A0_%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%84%EB%A5%B4"
    title: "아이든 사이을르"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%2C_%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD"
    title: "Сайылы, Айдын"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4405321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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