# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mercan-dede
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:33:34.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mercan-dede"
name: "Mercan Dede"
slug: "mercan-dede"
description: "Mercan Dede, also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish-Canadian composer, ney and bendir player, DJ, and producer. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental styles with electronic sounds. Dede has worked in collaboration with Turkish and international musicians, such as Susheela Raman, Azam Ali, Dhafer Youssef, Sheema Mukherjee, and Hugh Marsh."
tagline: "Turkish musician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mercan_Dede_Drehtanz_TFF_2014_(7).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.54
  momentum:             0.8497409326424871
  historical:           9.904358666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mercandede"
    handle:    "mercandede"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637064/"
    handle:    "nm1637064"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1rwDpyhfCIGcutXf9kmLkY"
    handle:    "1rwDpyhfCIGcutXf9kmLkY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mercandede.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/112760"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ميركان ديد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99rcan_D%C9%99d%C9%99"
    title: "Mərcan Dədə"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Меркан Деде"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0065f4cc-cf21-43c2-ad52-92716a579547"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1531410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1037395"
    title: "Mercan Dede"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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