# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusuf-ziya-kavakc
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:27:30.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusuf-ziya-kavakc"
name: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakcı"
slug: "yusuf-ziya-kavakc"
description: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı is a Turkish American Islamic cleric and the father of Turkish politician Merve Kavakçı. He was very influential in establishing Islamic institutions of learning in North Texas."
tagline: "Turkish professor of law (born 1938)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938-06-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.810296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AC%D9%8A"
    title: "يوسف ضياء كافاكجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ইউসুফ জিয়া কাভাকচি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Ziya_Kavak%C3%A7%C4%B1"
    title: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Ziya_Kavak%C3%A7%C4%B1"
    title: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Ziya_Kavakc%C4%B1"
    title: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakcı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%B6%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%82%DA%86%DB%8C"
    title: "یوسف ضیا قاوقچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Ziya_Kavak%C3%A7%C4%B1"
    title: "Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15440203"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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