# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zekeriya-sertel
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:51:29.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zekeriya-sertel"
name: "Zekeriya Sertel"
slug: "zekeriya-sertel"
description: "Zekeriya Sertel, also known as Mehmet Zekeriya Sertel, (1890–1980) was a Turkish journalist. He is the first director of state press department and founder and editor of various periodicals. From 1950 to 1980 Sertel lived in exile."
tagline: "Turkish journalist (1890–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sabiha-Sertel-with-husband-Zekeriya-Sertel-and-daughter-Sevim%2C-New-York-City-1919.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1890"
deathDate: "1980-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.62736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Мехмед Зекерия Сертел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zekeriya_Sertel"
    title: "Zekeriya Sertel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Мехмед Зекерија Сертел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Сертель, Зекерия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zekeriya_Sertel"
    title: "Zekeriya Sertel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6103764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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