# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gourgen-yanikian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:39:08.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gourgen-yanikian"
name: "Gourgen Yanikian"
slug: "gourgen-yanikian"
description: "Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian was an Armenian genocide survivor. He is best known for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials, Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir. The event took place in Santa Barbara, California in 1973."
tagline: "Armenian engineer (1895–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gurgen_Yanikyan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1895-12-24"
deathDate: "1984-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.033804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCrgen_Yan%C4%B1kyan"
    title: "Gürgen Yanıkyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C3%BCrgen_Yan%C4%B1kyan"
    title: "Qürgen Yanıkyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurken_Yanikian"
    title: "Kurken Yanikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCrgen_Yan%C4%B1kyan"
    title: "Gürgen Yanıkyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourgen_Yanikian"
    title: "Gourgen Yanikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "گورگن یانیکیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Գուրգեն Յանիկյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A7%D5%B6_%D4%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Գուրգէն Եանիգեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kourken_Yanigian"
    title: "Kourken Yanigian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Яникян, Гурген"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourgen_Yanikian"
    title: "Gourgen Yanikian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2633060"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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