# Yannis Vasilis

> Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, born İbrahim Yaylalı, is a former Turkish nationalist, turned Turkish-Greek pacifist and activist, promoting and defending Greek heritage in Turkey. An avowed Turkish nationalist, he joined the Turkish army in 1994 to fight the PKK insurgency. Taken captive, his family requested governmental help for his release, which was declined on the basis of Yaylalı's Greek heritage. Eventually discovering his family's actual Pontic Greek origin, recent conversion to Islam, and nationalistic turn, in 2013 he changed his name to the Greek, Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı. Following the discovery of his Greek ancestry, Yaylalı converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

*Turkish social reformer of Greek ancestry (born 1974)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yannis-vasilis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1974
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, born İbrahim Yaylalı, is a former Turkish nationalist, turned Turkish-Greek pacifist and activist, promoting and defending Greek heritage in Turkey. An avowed Turkish nationalist, he joined the Turkish army in 1994 to fight the PKK insurgency. Taken captive, his family requested governmental help for his release, which was declined on the basis of Yaylalı's Greek heritage. Eventually discovering his family's actual Pontic Greek origin, recent conversion to Islam, and nationalistic turn, in 2013 he changed his name to the Greek, Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı. Following the discovery of his Greek ancestry, Yaylalı converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.6

## Sources
- [Yannis Vasilis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannis_Vasilis)
- [Yannis Vasilis Yaylali](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannis_Vasilis_Yaylali)
- [یانیس واسیلیس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [Γιάννης Βασίλης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96002076)

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