# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/riad-al-turk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:40:12.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/riad-al-turk"
name: "Riad al-Turk"
slug: "riad-al-turk"
description: "Riad al-Turk was a Syrian opposition leader, a political prisoner for about 20 years, and supporter of democracy, who was called \"the Old Man of Syrian opposition.\" He was secretary general of the Syrian Communist Party from its foundation in 1973 until 2005."
tagline: "Syrian activist (1930–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/RiyadTurk.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-04-02"
deathDate: "2024-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.555653333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyad_el-T%C3%BCrk"
    title: "Riyad el-Türk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "رياض الترك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Turk"
    title: "Riad al-Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Turk"
    title: "Riad al-Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Turk"
    title: "Riad al-Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riad_al-Turk"
    title: "Riad al-Turk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B4"
    title: "Аль-Турк, Рияд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3079753"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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