# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osman-kavala
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:34:53.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osman-kavala"
name: "Osman Kavala"
slug: "osman-kavala"
description: "Mehmet Osman Kavala is a Turkish economist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist. Kavala is the founder and chair of the board of Anadolu Kültür, an Istanbul-based nonprofit arts and culture organization. In 2019, he received the European Archaeological Heritage Prize from the European Association of Archaeologists for his efforts to protect and preserve significant examples of cultural heritage in danger in Turkey and the Ayşenur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award by Human Rights Association's Istanbul branch. His arrests in Turkey caused the European Court of Human Rights and ambassadors from ten Western countries to demand his release. These demands were rejected by Turkish courts and president Erdoğan."
tagline: "Turkish businessperson and philanthropist (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osman_Kavala_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
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birthDate: "1957-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           20.62950133333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 190
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump