# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/semdin-sak-k
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:41:00.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/semdin-sak-k"
name: "Şemdin Sakık"
slug: "semdin-sak-k"
description: "Şemdin Sakık, also known by his nom de guerre Şemo or Parmaksız Zeki, is a Kurdish militant commander, former senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) member. He is best known for ordering the May 24, 1993 PKK ambush. He has been imprisoned since his capture in Iraqi Kurdistan by Turkish forces in 1998, shortly after his defection to the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was a key witness in the Ergenekon trials."
tagline: "PKK military commander"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             7.371926229508197
  historical:           8.032894666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemdin_Sak%C4%B1k"
    title: "Şemdin Sakık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "شمدين ساكيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95"
    title: "শেমদিন সাকিক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%95%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8E%DA%A9"
    title: "شەمدین ساکێک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemdin_Sak%C4%B1k"
    title: "Şemdin Sakık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemdin_Sak%C4%B1k"
    title: "Şemdin Sakık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DA%A9"
    title: "شمدین ساکک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemdin_Sak%C4%B1k"
    title: "Şemdin Sakık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eemdin_Sak%C4%B1k"
    title: "Şemdin Sakık"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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