# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/resad-ekrem-kocu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:28:53.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/resad-ekrem-kocu"
name: "Reşad Ekrem Koçu"
slug: "resad-ekrem-kocu"
description: "Reşad Ekrem Koçu was a Turkish writer and historian. His best known work is the unfinished Istanbul Encyclopedia, which recounts many tales of Istanbul from Ottoman times. Koçu and his colorful depictions of Ottoman Istanbul are celebrated in Orhan Pamuk's book Istanbul: Memories and the City."
tagline: "Turkish historian and writer (1905–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Re%C5%9Fad_Ekrem_Ko%C3%A7u.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905"
deathDate: "1975-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.35
  momentum:             3.72
  historical:           5.522214666666667
  currentAttention:     5.84
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  192
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C5%9Fad_Ekrem_Ko%C3%A7u"
    title: "Reşad Ekrem Koçu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8"
    title: "رشاد اكرم مدرب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C5%9Fad_Ekrem_Ko%C3%A7u"
    title: "Reşad Ekrem Koçu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C5%9Fad_Ekrem_Ko%C3%A7u"
    title: "Reşad Ekrem Koçu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C5%9Fat_Ekrem_Ko%C3%A7u"
    title: "Reşat Ekrem Koçu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%83"
    title: "Решад Екрем Кочу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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