# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garo-paylan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:53:03.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garo-paylan"
name: "Garo Paylan"
slug: "garo-paylan"
description: "Garo Paylan is a politician from Turkey and one of the country's leading democracy activists. Paylan was among the few Armenians elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and served for two consecutive terms in 2015–2018 and 2018–2023, representing Istanbul and Diyarbakir. He is a founding member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and since 2016 was the first Armenian in the history of the Republic of Turkey to publicly discuss the Armenian Genocide of 1915 from the podium of the Turkish parliament. Paylan is recognized for his activism on human rights and minority rights in Turkey and has been the recipient of several awards, including the Grand Vermeil Medal and has been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize."
tagline: "Turkish statesperson (born 1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garo_Paylan_interview.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1972-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.31217066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "GaroPaylan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump