# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jouko-turkka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:16:13.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jouko-turkka"
name: "Jouko Turkka"
slug: "jouko-turkka"
description: "Jouko Veli Turkka was a Finnish theatrical director and controversialist. He was assistant director of the Helsinki City Theatre from 1975 to 1982, and a professor at the Helsinki Theatre Academy from 1981 to 1988, being its rector from 1982 to 1985. Turkka influenced a whole generation of Finnish actors, and created a recognisable style of acting."
tagline: "Finnish theatre director (1942–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jouko-Turkka-1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-04-17"
deathDate: "2016-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.61
  momentum:             1.333333333333333
  historical:           9.407704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877209/"
    handle:    "nm0877209"
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "يوكو توركا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "يوكو توركا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Туркка, Йоуко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouko_Turkka"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4117958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1364474"
    title: "Jouko Turkka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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