# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaz-m-dirik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:25.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaz-m-dirik"
name: "Kâzım Dirik"
slug: "kaz-m-dirik"
description: "Kâzım Dirik was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During his political career he was Governor of İzmir between 1926 and 1935. In cooperation with the Peoples Houses, he encouraged the campaign which demanded from the population to only speak Turkish in 1934. After 1935, he also became the Inspector General of the Second Inspectorate-General in the Turkish western provinces and was involved in the Turkification and resettlement program of the Turkish Government. He presented the idea of the \"Ideal Republican Village\"."
tagline: "Turkish general and statesperson (1881–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vali_Kazim_Dirik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881"
deathDate: "1941-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.4396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz%C4%B1m_Dirik"
    title: "Kazım Dirik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8A%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Мехмед Кязъм Дирик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Dirik"
    title: "Kâzım Dirik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Dirik"
    title: "Kâzım Dirik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Dirik"
    title: "Kâzım Dirik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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