# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cem-karaca
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:49.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cem-karaca"
name: "Cem Karaca"
slug: "cem-karaca"
description: "Muhtar Cem Karaca was a Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He was a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands such as Apaşlar, Kardaşlar, Moğollar and Dervişan. With these bands, he brought a new understanding and interpretation to Turkish rock. He became a defining voice of protest and social commentary in Turkey from the late 1960s through the 1980s."
tagline: "Turkish singer-songwriter (1945–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2021_09_15_Moda_Cem_Karaca_Heykeli.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: "1945-04-05"
deathDate: "2004-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.37
  momentum:             14.99346711499777
  historical:           18.40572
  currentAttention:     71.13562438127565
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438706/"
    handle:    "nm0438706"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lIbZfJvMQRqzhtCQsg5EI"
    handle:    "1lIbZfJvMQRqzhtCQsg5EI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cemkaraca.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيم كاراكا (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cem Qaraca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
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    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cem Karaca"
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    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Karaca"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Караджа, Джем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джем Караджа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1259579"
    title: "Cem Karaca"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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