# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/turkan-saylan
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:49:22.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/turkan-saylan"
name: "Türkan Saylan"
slug: "turkan-saylan"
description: "Türkan Saylan was a Turkish and Swiss medical doctor in dermatology, academic, writer, teacher and social activist. She was famous for fighting leprosy, and for founding a charitable foundation called \"Association for the Support of Contemporary Living\"."
tagline: "Turkish physician and writer (1935–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T%C3%BCrkanSaylanBodrum1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-12-13"
deathDate: "2009-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.32
  momentum:             10
  historical:           19.22097866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 151
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrk%C3%A2n_Saylan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توركان صيلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توركان صيلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%BA%D3%99%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Төркән Сайлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Цюркан Сайлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrk%C3%A2n_Saylan"
    title: "Türkân Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%8B%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD"
    title: "Τουρκάν Σεϋλάν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ترکان سایلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Թյուրքան Սայլան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "თურქან საილანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тюркан Сайлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Туркан Сајлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrk%C3%A2n_Saylan"
    title: "Türkân Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Сайлан, Тюркан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrkan_Sajlan"
    title: "Tyrkan Sajlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Тюркан Сайлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan_Saylan"
    title: "Türkan Saylan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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