# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lyutvi-mestan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:33:20.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lyutvi-mestan"
name: "Lyutvi Mestan"
slug: "lyutvi-mestan"
description: "Lyutvi Ahmed Mestan is a Bulgarian politician of Turkish-Bulgarian origin. He was chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms from January 2013 to 24 December 2015. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kardzhali. He was removed as party leader by the DPS central council and expelled from the party for what it considered an excessively pro-Turkish government stance following the downing of a Russian bomber jet by the Turkish Air Force. He subsequently founded a new political force, DOST, acronym of Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance in Bulgarian, and a double entendre also signifying friend in Turkish. The party is based on pro-EU, pro-NATO and liberal opinions."
tagline: "Politician from Bulgaria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lutfi_Mestan_Chairman_of_DPS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.749929333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Лютві Местан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Лютви Местан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyutvi_Mestan"
    title: "Lyutvi Mestan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%81%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لطفی مستان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lioutvi_Mestan"
    title: "Lioutvi Mestan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%89%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Љутви Местан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutwi_Mestan"
    title: "Lutwi Mestan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8"
    title: "Местан, Лютви"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyutvi_Mestan"
    title: "Lyutvi Mestan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCtfi_Mestan"
    title: "Lütfi Mestan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3385514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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