# Yılmaz Güney

> Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982 for the film Yol which he co-directed with Şerif Gören. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government over the portrayal of Kurdish culture, people and language.

*Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/y-lmaz-guney

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1937-04-01
- **Died:** 1984-09-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351566/ (@nm0351566)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/51b84c9d-b349-4778-a9f6-6a352ccef0ad)
- [يلماز كوني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [يلماز كونى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89)
- [ییلماز قونی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [یەڵماز گونەی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%B5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%95%DB%8C)
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- [Γιλμάζ Γκιουνέι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%B6_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B9)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
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- [ییلماز گونی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Yilmaz Güney](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yilmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Yilmaz Güney](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yilmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [ユルマズ・ギュネイ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4)
- [ილმაზ გუნეი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%96_%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%98)
- [이을마즈 귀네이](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%9D%84%EB%A7%88%EC%A6%88_%EA%B7%80%EB%84%A4%EC%9D%B4)
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- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Wikiquote](https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1lmaz_G%C3%BCney)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126693)
- [Yılmaz Güney](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145352)

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