# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vamik-volkan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:25:55.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vamik-volkan"
name: "Vamik Volkan"
slug: "vamik-volkan"
description: "Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, is a Turkish Cypriot born American psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Among his many other honours, he is the president emeritus of International Dialogue Initiative (IDI)."
tagline: "Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist (1932-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vam%C4%B1k_Volkan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.179917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/prof.vamikvolkan"
    handle:    "prof.vamikvolkan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8821610/"
    handle:    "nm8821610"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vam%C4%B1k_Volkan"
    title: "Vamık Volkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vam%C4%B1q_Volkan"
    title: "Vamıq Volkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Вамък Волкан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vam%C4%B1k_Volkan"
    title: "Vamık Volkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vam%C4%B1k_Volkan"
    title: "Vamık Volkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9F"
    title: "ומיק וולקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6092599"
    title: "Vamik Volkan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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