# Işık Yurtçu

> Ocak Işık Yurtçu was a Turkish reporter detained for thirty-two months between 1993-1997 by the Turkish government for his reporting on the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, a case The New York Times called "emblematic" of the Turkish press's struggle for press freedom in the 1990s.

*Turkish journalist (1945–2012)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/is-k-yurtcu

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1945
- **Died:** 2012-09-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [奧扎·伊蘇克·尤爾塔](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A7%E6%89%8E%C2%B7%E4%BC%8A%E8%98%87%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%B0%A4%E7%88%BE%E5%A1%94)
- [اوكاك ايسيك يورتكو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88)
- [Ocak Işık Yurtçu](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocak_I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Yurt%C3%A7u)
- [Ocak Işık Yurtçu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocak_I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Yurt%C3%A7u)
- [Օջաք Իշըք Յուրթչու](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%BB%D5%A1%D6%84_%D4%BB%D5%B7%D5%A8%D6%84_%D5%85%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B9%D5%B8%D6%82)
- [Юртчу, Оджак Ишик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%87%D1%83%2C_%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%98%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Işık Yurtçu](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C5%9F%C4%B1k_Yurt%C3%A7u)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2013299)

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