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Top people for #Middle East

Who actually defines Middle East — ranked by public attention, not insider opinion. 119 tracked, sorted by the attention they pull across search, Wikipedia, the news cycle, and social platforms, recalculated every day.

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Mehmet Ali Ağca

The people the world most associates with Middle East right now, concentrated in Turkey, Israel — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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119 tracked

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Mehmet Ali Ağca	Turkey	Historical Figures	62.7	14.9
#2	—	Sabiha Gökçen	Turkey	Journalists	59.9	15.1
#3	—	Şehzade Mehmed	Turkey	Business Professionals	59.8	6.0
#4	—	NH Nilüfer Hatun	Turkey	Business Professionals	56.2	1.4
#5	—	FS Fatma Sultan	Turkey	Business Professionals	54.9	1.0
#6	—	Dragut	Turkey	Business Professionals	54.8	0.6
#7	—	Malhun Hatun	Turkey	Business Professionals	54.7	0.9
#8	—	Rabia Bala Hatun	Turkey	Business Professionals	54.6	1.5
#9	—	Suleiman the Magnificent	Turkey	Models	79.2	0.4
#10	—	Abdul Hamid II	Turkey	Politicians	71.2	11.3
#11	—	Yitzhak Rabin	Israel	Writers	69.7	0.0
#12	—	Osman I	Turkey	Politicians	67.6	0.5
#13	—	Orhan	Turkey	Politicians	66.3	13.1
#14	—	Menachem Begin	Israel	Politicians	65.5	0.0
#15	—	Hayreddin Barbarossa	Turkey	Business Professionals	64.1	16.7
#16	—	Abdul Hamid I	Turkey	Models	63.8	17.0
#17	—	İsmet İnönü	Turkey	Politicians	63.7	1.1
#18	—	Mahmud II	Turkey	Politicians	63.6	3.1
#19	—	Mehmed VI	Turkey	Politicians	63.5	1.7
#20	—	Mehmed IV	Turkey	Models	63.3	18.8
#21	—	Moshe Dayan	Israel	Journalists	63.3	2.7
#22	—	Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire	Turkey	Politicians	62.8	4.3
#23	—	Şehzade Mustafa	Turkey	Politicians	62.4	7.1
#24	—	Osman III	Turkey	Models	62.4	16.7
#25	—	Mustafa I	Turkey	Models	62.4	3.4
#26	—	Mehmed III	Turkey	Models	62.4	2.4
#27	—	Suleiman II	Turkey	Models	62.1	18.1
#28	—	Turgut Özal	Turkey	Politicians	61.8	0.0
#29	—	Amin al-Husseini	Turkey	Politicians	61.8	15.0
#30	—	Murad V	Turkey	Models	61.8	8.4
#31	—	Selim II	Turkey	Models	61.7	0.5
#32	—	Murad III	Turkey	Models	61.7	0.4
#33	—	Abdulmejid I	Turkey	Models	61.7	2.9
#34	—	Mahmud I	Turkey	Models	61.3	6.3
#35	—	Ehud Barak	Israel	Politicians	61.0	4.0
#36	—	Nurbanu Sultan	Turkey	Writers	60.8	8.7
#37	—	Safiye Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	60.7	17.1
#38	—	Mustafa II	Turkey	Models	60.6	4.0
#39	—	Cemal Gürsel	Turkey	Politicians	60.1	1.0
#40	—	Sabbatai Zevi	Turkey	Religious Figures	59.8	5.3
#41	—	Piri Reis	Turkey	Scientists	59.6	6.3
#42	—	Ahmed II	Turkey	Politicians	59.5	2.8
#43	—	Ahmet Necdet Sezer	Turkey	Politicians	59.4	0.3
#44	—	Hatice Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	59.0	4.1
#45	—	Faisal I of Iraq	Turkey	Politicians	58.9	0.0
#46	—	Yitzhak Shamir	Israel	Politicians	58.7	0.0
#47	—	Mustafa III	Turkey	Politicians	58.5	0.7
#48	—	Mustafa IV	Turkey	Models	58.1	1.3
#49	—	Mihrimah Sultan	Turkey	Writers	58.1	0.5
#50	—	ŞS Şah Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	57.5	10.1
#51	—	Moshe Katsav	Israel	Politicians	57.4	2.4
#52	—	HS Halime Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	57.3	3.9
#53	—	Talaat Pasha	Turkey	Politicians	57.2	0.0
#54	—	Mahidevran	Turkey	Politicians	57.0	0.9
#55	—	Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca	Turkey	Politicians	56.8	0.1
#56	—	Mahfiruz Hatun	Turkey	Politicians	56.7	4.4
#57	—	Levi Eshkol	Israel	Politicians	56.6	0.2
#58	—	Djemal Pasha	Turkey	Politicians	56.5	0.0
#59	—	HS Handan Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	56.4	2.5
#60	—	Talal of Jordan	Turkey	Politicians	56.3	0.0
#61	—	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr	Turkey	Politicians	56.2	0.0
#62	—	Ali Pasha of Ioannina	Turkey	Politicians	55.9	0.3
#63	—	Karađorđe	Turkey	Designers	54.6	0.5
#64	—	Abdullah Gül	Turkey	Politicians	69.3	0.2
#65	—	Bayezid II	Turkey	Historical Figures	65.1	10.6
#66	—	Hurrem Sultan	Turkey	Writers	64.3	0.5
#67	—	Osman II	Turkey	Models	63.9	11.4
#68	—	Muhammad Ali of Egypt	Turkey	Politicians	63.7	9.0
#69	—	Mehmed V	Turkey	Models	63.4	15.7
#70	—	Reuven Rivlin	Israel	Politicians	63.3	18.0
#71	—	Selim III	Turkey	Musicians	63.3	4.9
#72	—	Fethullah Gülen	Turkey	Writers	62.9	0.0
#73	—	Bayezid I	Turkey	Models	62.8	0.0
#74	—	Ahmed III	Turkey	Models	62.8	12.3
#75	—	Murad IV	Turkey	Models	62.7	3.3
#76	—	Murad II	Turkey	Historical Figures	62.0	0.0
#77	—	Chaim Weizmann	Israel	Scientists	61.9	10.0
#78	—	Murad I	Turkey	Historical Figures	61.6	1.1
#79	—	Abdulmejid II	Turkey	Artists	60.9	15.0
#80	—	Daniel Kahneman	Israel	Academics	60.5	0.0
#81	—	Zog I of Albania	Turkey	Politicians	60.4	5.0
#82	—	Kösem Sultan	Turkey	Writers	60.3	1.3
#83	—	Hafsa Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	60.1	15.0
#84	—	Mehmed I	Turkey	Historical Figures	59.9	0.0
#85	—	Turhan Hatice Sultan	Turkey	Politicians	59.5	15.4
#86	—	Abdullah Öcalan	Turkey	Politicians	59.5	1.1
#87	—	Kenan Evren	Turkey	Founders	59.1	0.0
#88	—	Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha	Turkey	Politicians	59.1	0.5
#89	—	Enver Pasha	Turkey	Politicians	58.9	0.0
#90	—	Yunus Emre	Turkey	Writers	58.5	3.7
#91	—	Abdullah I of Jordan	Turkey	Historical Figures	58.3	0.0
#92	—	Vuk Karadžić	Turkey	Writers	58.1	2.4
#93	—	Rüstem Pasha	Turkey	Founders	57.4	1.2
#94	—	Kara Mustafa Pasha	Turkey	Journalists	57.3	1.5
#95	—	Sokollu Mehmed Pasha	Turkey	Politicians	57.0	0.8
#96	—	Şehzade Cihangir	Turkey	Writers	56.5	0.5
#97	—	Mohamed Naguib	Turkey	Politicians	56.4	0.0
#98	—	Ghazi of Iraq	Turkey	Historical Figures	55.2	0.0
#99	—	Oruç Reis	Turkey	Writers	54.4	0.0
#100	—	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	Turkey	Politicians	94.5	0.3