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Turkish people Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish co ...
, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
where Turkish minorities have been established. They include people of Turkish descent born in other countries whose roots are in those countries. For Ottoman people see
List of Ottoman people List of Ottoman people is an incomplete list which refers to people who lived in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1922). Naturally, some people who lived in the Empire during its last years, also lived in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, or oth ...
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Academics


Archaeologists

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Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Hatice Gonnet-Bağana (born 1932, in Istanbul) is a Turkish archaeologist specialising in the Hittites. She is an emerita researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Life Hatice Bağana was born in Istanbul in 1932. Her gre ...
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Halet Çambel Halet Çambel (27 August 1916 – 12 January 2014) was a Turkish archaeologist and Olympic fencer. She was the first woman with a Muslim background to compete in the Olympic Games. Biography Çambel was born in Berlin, German Empire on 27 ...
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Muhibbe Darga Muhibbe Darga (13 June 1921 – 6 March 2018) was a Turkish archaeologist. She was the granddaughter of Darugazade Mehmet Emin Bey, Sultan Abdülhamid's first chamberlain, the poet and translator of Jules Verne’s novels from French into Turkis ...
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Nurettin Yardımcı Nurettin Yardımcı (born March 5, 1944, in Şanlıurfa) is a Turkish archaeologist and high-ranked bureaucrat who has served in the Ministry of Culture of Turkey and under the Prime Minister of Turkey. He has been leading the Harran excavation in ...
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Sedat Alp Prof. Ord. Sedat Alp (January 1, 1913 in Veroia – October 9, 2006 in Ankara) was the first Turkish archaeologist, historian and academic with a specialization in Hittitology, and was among the foremost names in the field. He was the presiden ...
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Selâhattin Kantar Ömer Selahattin Kantar (1878 in İzmir, Ottoman Empire – 17 November 1949 in İzmir, Turkey) was a Turkish archaeologist, museum director, journalist and playwright. In 1927, he became the founding director of İzmir Archaeology Museum and ...
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Tahsin Özgüç Tahsin Özgüç (1916–2005) was an eminent Turkish field archaeologist. The careers of Tahsin Özgüç and his wife, Nimet Özgüç, began after World War II and lasted for nearly 60 years. He was said to be the doyen of Anatolian archaeology ...
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Tomris Bakır Tomris Bakır (5 November 1941 - 25 February 2020) was a classical archaeologist from Turkey, who specialised in ceramics, and was the Director of Excavations at Daskyleion. Biography Tomris Akbaşoğlu was born on 5 November 1941. She studie ...


Architects


Art Gallerists

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Yahşi Baraz Yahşi Baraz (born April 19, 1944) is a Turkish art dealer. He is the founder and the director of one of Turkey's earliest art galleries, Galeri Baraz. Early life and career Yahşi Baraz was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the son of Ahmet Mün ...
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Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879 – 28 June 1945) was a Turkish journalist and the founder of the newspaper ''Cumhuriyet''. He was known for his support for Turkish nationalism and his sympathies with the Nazi regime, publishing many antisemitic pro ...
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Sait Faik Abasıyanık Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish people, Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish lit ...
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Halide Edib Adıvar Halide Edip Adıvar ( , sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, teacher, and a nationalist and Feminism, feminist intellectual. She was best known for her novels criticiz ...
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Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu (; or Ahmet Akif Agaoglu (December 1869, Shusha – May 19, 1939, Istanbul) was a public and political figure of Azerbaijan and Turkey, thinker, publicist, educator, writer, Turkologist, and ...
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Süreyya Ağaoğlu Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903 – 29 December 1989) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa'. Scarecrow Press; 19 D ...
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Yusuf Akçura Yusuf Akçura (; ; 2 December 1876 – 11 March 1935) was a prominent Turkish politician, writer and ideologist of ethnic Tatar origin. He developed into a prominent ideologue and advocate of Pan-Turkism during the early republican period, whos ...
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Sunay Akın Sunay Akın (born 12 September 1962) is a Turkish people, Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum. Akın was born in Trabzon, Turkey. Akın is best known for his poetry; his prim ...
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Muammer Aksoy Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish lawyer, politician, columnist and intellectual who was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Konya vilayet (now Antalya Province) to the member of the Ottoman parliame ...
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Mustafa Akyol Mustafa Akyol (born 20 February 1972) is a Turkish writer, intellectual, and journalist. Notable for his advocacy on reform on blasphemy, apostasy and gender relations in the Muslim world, he has been called “probably the most notable Muslim mo ...
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Alev Alatlı Alev Alatlı (16 September 1944 – 2 February 2024) was a Turkish columnist, bestselling novelist, academician and economist. Early years Alev Alatlı was born on 16 September 1944 in the town of Menemen, İzmir to an officer's family. She s ...
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Sabahattin Ali Sabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Early life He was born in 1907 in Ardino, Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the San ...
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Fikri Alican Fikri Alican (2 April 1929 – 19 August 2015) was a Turkish scientist and physician with various contributions to medical science, ranging from organ transplantation to physiology. Early life and career Alican was born in Adapazarı, a city in ...
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Ahmet Altan Ahmet Hüsrev Altan (born 2 March 1950) is a Turkish journalist and author. A working journalist for more than twenty years, he has served in all stages of the profession, from being a night shift reporter to editor in chief in various newspape ...
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Çetin Altan Çetin Altan (22 June 1927 – 22 October 2015) was a Turkish writer, journalist, and a member of parliament. He was considered one of the finest writers in the modern Turkish language of the late 20th century. Early years Çetin Altan was ...
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İhsan Oktay Anar İhsan Oktay Anar (born 1960 in Yozgat, Turkey), is a Turkish writer, illustrator, literature translator and an academic. He studied philosophy in Ege University on undergraduate (1984), graduate (1989) and doctoral levels. Anar now teaches at t ...
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Melih Cevdet Anday Melih Cevdet Anday (13 March 1915 – 28 November 2002) was a Turkish people, Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven ...
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Engin Ardıç Engin Ardıç (1 February 1952 – 27 May 2023) was a Turkish writer and a newspaper columnist for the Sabah newspaper. He also worked as a television commentator in the 1990s. Biography Ardıç was born on 1 February 1952 in Trabzon, a coastal ...
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Meltem Arıkan Handan Meltem Arıkan (born January 7, 1968) is a Turkish novelist and playwright. Biography Arıkan was born and grew up in Ankara, Turkey. Currently she is UK-based since she was persecuted by the Turkish government. The play Mi Minör is c ...
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Ayşe Arman Ayşe Arman (born 9 December 1969) is a Turkish journalist and columnist. She is best known for her interviews. Arman is the author of two books, one of which is a compilation of best moments of her interviews made over the past decade. Arman al ...
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Cihat Arman Cihat Arman (16 July 1915 in Istanbul – 14 May 1994 in Istanbul), was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager. He represented Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the coach of the Turkish national football ...
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Ömer Asan Ömer Asan (born May 28, 1961) is a Turkish folklorist, photographer and writer. In 2002, he was charged with allegations that he violated Article 8 of Turkey's Anti-Terror Law by "propagandating separatism" for his book '' Pontos Kültürü''. ...
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Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His ...
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Bülent Atalay Bülent Atalay (born 1940) is a Turkish-American educator, author, scientist, and artist. Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1940, Atalay is the author of the best selling book, Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci', initial ...
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Oğuz Atay Oğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edi ...
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İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
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Nihal Atsız Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız (January 12, 1905 – December 11, 1975) was a prominent Turkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet. Atsız self-identified as a racist, Pan-Turkist and Turanist. He later became a critic of Islam, calling i ...
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Murat Bardakçı Murat Gökhan Bardakçı (born 25 December 1955) is a Turkish journalist working on Ottoman history and Turkish music history. He is also a columnist for ''Habertürk'' newspaper. Biography Bardakçı was born in 1955 in Istanbul. An economist ...
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Can Bartu Can Bartu (31 January 1936 – 11 April 2019) was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin. He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe. His statue was erected in Istanbul. After retirement, he also worke ...
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Enis Batur Ahmet Enis Batur (born 28 June 1952, Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor. Education Born in Eskişehir on 28 June 1952, Enis Batur studied at St. Joseph High School Istanbul, B.A. in sociology at the Middle E ...
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Ali Bayramoğlu Ali Bayramoğlu (born 1956 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish writer and political commentator. He was a columnist in the Turkish daily newspaper Yeni Safak, writing from a liberal pro-Islamic viewpoint. He has campaigned against ultra-national ...
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Ataol Behramoğlu Ataol Behramoğlu (born April 13, 1942) is a prominent Turkish poet, author, and Russian-into-Turkish literary translator. Life Ataol Behramoğlu was born on April 13, 1942, in Istanbul. He wrote poems in honour of his father Hikmet Bahramoglu, ...
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İlhan Berk İlhan Berk (18 November 1918 – 28 August 2008) was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed, "İkinci Yeni"; ''"The second new generation"'') and was very influential among Turkish ...
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İsmail Beşikçi İsmail Beşikçi (born 1939) is a Turkish sociologist, philosopher, revolutionist, and writer. He is a PEN Honorary Member. He has served 17 years in prison on propaganda charges stemming from his writings about the Kurdish population in Middle ...
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Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born Ahmet Âgâh; 2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), known by the pen name ''Yahya Kemal'', was a Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat. Early life and education Yahya Kemal was born Ahmet Âgâh on 2 December ...
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Üstün Bilgen-Reinart Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (born 1947 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish-Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster, author of three notable books, the first two on the social and environmental dislocations associated with development in Canada and wes ...
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Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), is a Kurdish writer. He was born in Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He moved to Sweden as political asylum seeker in 1978, and he has been living in Uppsala Sweden since then. The most famous of his early w ...
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Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkish people, Turkish Turkish philosophy, philosopher, poetry of Turkey, poet, politician of liberalism, li ...


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Peride Celal Peride Celal Yönsel (June 10, 1916 – June 15, 2013), commonly known as Peride Celal or Peride Celâl, was a Turkish novelist and story writer. Her work has won major awards such as the Sedat Simavi Literature Award in 1977, and the Orhan Kemal ...
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Ahmet Hakan Coşkun Ahmet Hakan (born 11 August 1967) is a Turkish journalist and columnist working at ''Hürriyet'', CNN Türk, and Kanal D. He studied at Bursa Religious High School (Imam Hatip Lisesi) and then Bursa Divinity Faculty (Bursa Ilahiyat Fakultesi). H ...
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Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, ''Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' befo ...
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Necati Cumalı Necati Cumalı (13 January 1921 – 10 January 2001) was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece to a Turkish family who had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreem ...
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Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (18 May 1898 – 8 November 1973) was a leading Turkish people, Turkish poet, author and later politician. He is one of the Five Syllabists. Together with Behçet Kemal Çağlar, he wrote the lyrics of the Tenth Anniver ...
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Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish, the Peoples’ Equality and De ...
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Muazzez İlmiye Çığ Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (''née'' İtil; 20 June 1914 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish librarian, writer, and supercentenarian who specialised in the study of Hittites and Sumerian civilization. Early life Çığ's parents were Crimean Tatar ...
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Emin Çölaşan Emin Çölaşan (born 14 March 1942) is a Turkish investigative journalist, whose daily column appeared in the mass-circulation newspaper, Istanbul-based ''Hürriyet'', for 22 years, from 1985 to 2007. Since 2007, he continues his column in ''S ...
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Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (26 August 1914, Istanbul – 15 October 2008, Istanbul) was one of the most prolific Turkish poets of the Turkish Republic with more than 60 collections of his poems published as of 2007. He was a laureate of the ...
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Can Dündar Can Dündar (, born 16 June 1961) is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. Editor-in-chief of center-left ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper until August 2016, he was arrested in November 2015 after his newspaper published footage showing the ...
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Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...
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Haydar Ergülen Haydar Ergülen (born 14 October 1956, in Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet., he graduated from the Sociology Department at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) in Ankara. After graduation from the university, h ...
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Azra Erhat Azra Erhat (4 June 1915 – 6 September 1982) was a Turkish author, archaeologist, academic, classical philologist, and translator. A pioneer of Turkish Humanism, Azra Erhat is especially well known for her published works, including many transla ...
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Mehmet Eroğlu Mehmet Eroğlu (born 2 October 1948) is a Turkish novelist. His most known work is ''Issızlığın Ortasında'' ("In the Midst of Solitude"). Life He was born on 2 August 1948 in İzmir. In 1971, he graduated from the Department of Civil Eng ...
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mehmet Akif Ersoy (20 December 1873 – 27 December 1936) was a Turkish poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the Turkish National Anthem. Widely regarded as one of the premiere literary minds of his time, Ersoy is noted for h ...
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İclal Ersin İclal Ersin Karakaptan (born in 1915) was the first female Turkish economist. She was also the first female branch manager of a bank in Turkey. Biography İclal Ersin was born to Ali Rıza Pasha, an Ottoman cartographer, in 1915. In 1928, she ...
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Sabahattin Eyüboğlu Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (1908 – 13 January 1973) was a Turkish writer, essayist, translator and film producer. Biography Sabahatttin Eyüboğlu was born in 1908 on the Black Sea coast town of Akçaabat near Trabzon in a family with five ch ...
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Üzeyir Garih Üzeyir Garih (1929 – August 25, 2001) was a Jewish Turkish engineer, businessman, writer and investor. Early years Üzeyir Garih was born in İstanbul on 28 June 1929. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University ranking in the Dean's Hono ...
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Reşat Nuri Güntekin Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, ''Çalıkuşu'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. Th ...
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Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fact ...
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Uğur Gürses Uğur Gürses is a Turkish financial columnist. He has written financial and economic articles for daily ''Radikal ''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğ ...
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Reşit Süreyya Gürsey Reşit Süreyya Gürsey (1889–1962) was a Turkish intellectual who was a medical doctor, a radiology expert, a physicist and a poet. Life He was born to Zekiye in Bor of Niğde Province during the Ottoman Empire era. His father Hasan Hüsn� ...


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Ahmet Haşim Ahmet Haşim (also written as Ahmed Hâşim; 1887 – 4 June 1933) was an influential Turkish people, Turkish poet of the early 20th century. Biography Ahmed Hâşim was born in Baghdad, probably in the year 1884. His father was the pr ...
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Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (March 14, 1887 in Istanbul – May 3, 1963 in Istanbul) was a Turkish people, Turkish writer. He spent his childhood in Rumeli Hisarı and studied at the Galatasaray High School and later political sciences in Paris. B ...
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Ahmed Hulusi Ahmed Hulusi (born 1945 in Istanbul, Turkey) is an Islamic author from Turkey, whose works focus on philosophical and religious ideas. Biography He was born on 21 January 1945 in Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, and was named as Ahmed, meaning ‘highly ...
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Rıfat Ilgaz Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet. He became especially known for his novel "Hababam Sınıfı". He maintained a socialist line both in his writings and in his personal life. His magazine work, which ...
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Atilla İlhan Attila ( or ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central and East ...
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Abdi İpekçi Abdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist. He was murdered when he was editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers '' Milliyet'' which then had a cent ...
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İsmail Cem İpekçi In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Islam, Ishm ...
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Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (17 April 1890 – 13 October 1973; born Musa Cevat Şakir; pen-name "The Fisherman of Halicarnassus", ) was a Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer and travel writer. Early life On April 17, 1890, he was ...
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Metin Kaçan Metin Kaçan (15 November 1961 – 6 January 2013) was a Turkish author, who is best known for his novel ''Ağır Roman (novel), Ağır Roman'' (''Cholera Street''), which was translated into German (Kaçan 2003), and a movie (''Ağır Roman (fil ...
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Orhan Veli Kanık Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (13 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. He was one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Life Childhood and education Orhan Veli Kanık ...
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Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (also rendered Yakub Kadri; ; 27 March 1889 – 13 December 1974) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, diplomat, and member of parliament.Edebiyatogretmeni.net ''Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu'' Google translated' Biograp ...
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Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candid ...
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Coşkun Kırca Coşkun Kırca (27 March 1927 – 24 February 2005) was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician. He served as the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He was at first a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), then of the Rep ...
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Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Ahmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (May 26, 1904 – May 25, 1983) was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, Islamist ideologue, and conspiracy theorist. He is also known simply by his initials NFK. He was noticed by the French philosopher H ...
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Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (10 July 1939 – 21 October 1999) was a Turkish professor, politician, and commentator. He served in the Parliament of Turkey in 1977 and was minister of culture in 1978 and 1979. Biography Kışlalı completed his pri ...
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Doğan Kuban Doğan Kuban (10 April 1926 – 22 September 2021) was a Turkish architectural historian. Biography Kuban was born in Paris. He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly thereafter he start ...
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Onat Kutlar Onat Kutlar (25 January 1936 – 11 January 1995) was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and cofounder of the Istanbul International Film Festival. Biography Onat Kutlar was born in Alanya, Turkey, on 25 J ...
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Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
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Perihan Mağden Perihan Mağden (born 24 August 1960) is a Turkish writer. She was a columnist for the newspaper ''Taraf''. She was tried and acquitted for calling for opening the possibility of conscientious objection to mandatory military service in Turkey. ...
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Nasuh Mahruki Ali Nasuh Mahruki (born 21 May 1968) is a professional mountaineer, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. He climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits. Early life He wa ...
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Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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Murathan Mungan Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright, and poet. Biography Mungan's family originates from Mardin. His father is an Arab and mother is a Bosniak. After receiving his BA from the Faculty of L ...
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Nezihe Muhiddin Nezihe Muhiddin Tepedelengil (1889 – 10 February 1958) was a Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader. In the 20th century Ottoman Empire, Nezihe Muhiddin was a pioneer of the women's movement wh ...
* Münejjim Bashi *
Behçet Necatigil Behçet Necatigil (Mehmet Behçet Gönül) (16 April 1916, Istanbul - 13 December 1979, Istanbul), Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry. His paternal family ...
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Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 6 July 1995, Izmir , Turkey) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, ...
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Sevin Okyay Sevin Okyay (born 11 November 1942, Istanbul) is a Turkish critic, journalist, author, columnist, radio host and translator. Best known for her translations of the ''Harry Potter'' books, Okyay is Turkey's first female film critic. She writes ab ...
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Cumhur Oranci Rustu Cumhur Oranci (born October 28, 1960, in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer and literary translator. He left Turkey before the coup d'état of 12 September 1980 and spent some time in Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the N ...
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İpek Ongun Sevim İpek Ongun (née Erden; born 7 January 1942 in Ankara) is a Turkish women writers, Turkish novelist. She was born to Nusret Erden, an officer in Turkish Army and Fatma Aliye Erden, a literature teacher. After graduating from Arnavutköy ...
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Irfan Orga İrfan Orga (October 31, 1908 – November 29, 1970) was a Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer, and author, writing in English. He published books on many areas of Turkish life, cookery, and history, as well as a life of Atatürk under whom Or ...
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Altan Öymen Mehmet Altan Öymen (born 20 June 1932) is a Turkish journalist, author and former politician. Biography Öymen was born on 20 June 1932. He completed his secondary education at the Atatürk High School in Ankara. He graduated from the School ...
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Setenay Özbek Setenay Özbek (born 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born Turkish women painters, artist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Özbek is of Ubykh people, Ubykh descent. Biography Özbek was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey and she attended ...
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İsmet Özel İsmet Özel (born 19 September 1944, in Kayseri, Turkey) is a Turkish poet and writer. Biography Özel was born in Kayseri in September 1944. His parents were Ahmet and Sıdıka Özel, and his father was a police officer from Söke. He atten ...
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Ertuğrul Özkök Ertuğrul Özkök (born 8 April 1947) is a Turkish journalist and a daily columnist. Between 1990 and 2010, he was the editor-in-chief for ''Hürriyet'', a daily newspaper published in Turkish in Turkey and some European countries. Özkök is k ...
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İskender Pala İskender Pala (born 1958, in Turkey) is a Turkish Divan (Ottoman) Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also used to write a column in the Turkish daily newspaper ''Zaman (newspaper), Zaman''. İskender Pala graduated from Istanb ...
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Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952; ) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him ...
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Lokman Polat Lokman Polat (born 1956 in Lice, Diyarbakır Province) is a Swedish writer of Kurdish origin. Before 1980, he was involved in publishing political commentaries and news. He has been arrested several times due to his activities in the field of Kurdi ...


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Peyami Safa Peyami Safa (April 2, 1899 – June 15, 1961) was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as ''Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu'' (Ninth E ...
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Nejdet Sançar Ahmet Necdet Sançar (May 1, 1910 – February 22, 1975) was a Turkish literature teacher, who became one of the prominent personalities of the Pan-Turkist ideology. He was the younger brother of another notable Turkish nationalist, Nihal Ats� ...
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Ali Riza Seyfi Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until Assassination of Ali, his assassination in 661, as well as the first imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muha ...
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Cemal Süreya Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish– Zaza descent. Biography Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim R ...
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Elif Şafak Elif Shafak ( ; née Bilgin; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist and activist. Shafak writes in Turkish and English, and has published 21 books. She is best known for her nove ...
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Erman Şener Erman Şener (9 August 1942 in Afyon, Turkey – 29 March 2002 in Istanbul) was a Turkish film critic, screenwriter, author, columnist, TV host and producer. Background Şener was born in Afyon, Turkey. After he graduated from primary school his p ...
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Ferhan Şensoy Osman Ferhan Şensoy (26 February 1951 – 31 August 2021) was a Turkish actor, playwright and director. Private life Şensoy was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951. After attending Galatasaray ...
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Kemal Tahir Kemal Tahir (March 13, 1910 – April 21, 1973) was a prominent Turkish novelist and intellectual. Tahir spent 13 years of his life imprisoned for political reasons and wrote some of his best known novels during this time. His most important n ...
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Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901 – 24 January 1962) was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and ...
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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; 4 October 1911 – 13 October 1956) was a Turkish poet and author from Türkiye. Identified with the poem "Otuz Beş Yaş", Tarancı adhered to the understanding of "art for art's sake". He mostly ...
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Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (born Abdülhak Hâmid; January 2, 1852 – April 12, 1937)Some sources state Feb 2,1852 was an early 20th-century Ottoman Empire, Ottoman playwright and poet. He was one of the leading lights of the Turkish Romantic ...
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Latife Tekin Latife Tekin (born 1957) is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. Biography She was born in 1957 in the village of Karacahevenk, in the Bünyan district of Kayseri. She came to Istanbul with her family in 1966 when she was 9 years ...
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Neyzen Tevfik Tevfik Kolaylı (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik (often misrendered as "Neyzen Teyfik"), was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ''neyzen'' (a " ney performer" in Turkish). Tevfik was born in Bodru ...
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Arzu Toker Arzu Toker (born 1952) is a German-speaking writer, journalist, publicist and translator of Turkish descent. Biography Toker was born in 1952 in Halfeti, Turkey. She emigrated to Germany in 1974, where she has lived ever since. She dedicates ...
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Metin Toker Metin Toker (1924 – 18 July 2002) was a Turkish journalist and writer. Life He was born in Istanbul. After finishing Galatasaray High School, he studied French philology at Istanbul University graduating in 1948. He then went to France to stu ...
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Said Nursî Said Nursi (1877Şükran Vahide, Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, p 3. – 23 March 1960) was a Kurdish scholar of Islam who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceedin ...
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Osman Nuri Topbaş Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942) is a Turkish Sufi master and author. He is the spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order based in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Biography He was born in 1942 in Kadıköy, Istanbul Istanbul is the List of larg ...
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Fatma Aliye Topuz Fatma Aliye Topuz (9 October 1862 – 13 July 1936), often known simply as Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Khanum, Hanım, was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights Women in Turkish politics, activist and humanitarian ...
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Hıfzı Topuz Hıfzı Topuz (25 January 1923 – 26 September 2023) was a Turkish journalist, travel writer and novelist. He also served as a lecturer on journalism at several universities. Early life Topuz was born on 25 January 1923 in Istanbul. After fini ...
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Cavit Orhan Tütengil Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1921 – December 7, 1979) was a Turkish sociologist, writer and columnist, who was assassinated. Biography He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus, in Mersin province of what was then the Ottoman Empire. Following ...
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Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil Halit is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Khalid (Arabic: خَالِد ''khālid'') meaning ''eternal, everlasting, immortal''. People named Halit * Halit Akçatepe (1938–2017), Turkish actor * Halit Akmansü (1883– ...
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Serhat Ulueren Serhat Ulueren (born 1969) is a Turkish sports reporter and journalist. Biography Serhat Ulueren was born on born 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey. He started his journalism career in 1992. He is currently the director of Turkish football programme Telegol ...
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Recep Uslu Recep Uslu is a Turkish people, Turkish writer and researcher on Turkish musicology. Biography Bibliography His some books and articles: * . Mehmed Hafid Efendi and Music (2001),* . Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...
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Ragıp Zarakolu Ragıp Zarakolu (born 1948) is a Turkish human rights activist and publisher who has long faced legal harassment for publishing books on controversial subjects in Turkey, especially on minority and human rights in Turkey. Biography Ragıp Zar ...
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Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...


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Sabiha Gökçen Sabiha Gökçen (; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She became the world's first female fighter pilot, at age 23. ...
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Vecihi Hürkuş Vecihi Hürkuş (6 January 1896 – 16 July 1969) was a Turkish fighter pilot, aviation engineer and aviation pioneer. He built Turkey's first aircraft, the Vecihi K-VI, and founded the first civil flight school of the nation. Born in Istan ...
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Irfan Orga İrfan Orga (October 31, 1908 – November 29, 1970) was a Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer, and author, writing in English. He published books on many areas of Turkish life, cookery, and history, as well as a life of Atatürk under whom Or ...
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Ali İsmet Öztürk Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 23 May 1964) is a Turkish professional aerobatics, display pilot (aircraft), pilot, an aerobatic aircraft designer and an aviation businessman. He is the first civilian to be recognised as a professional aerobatic pilot ...
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Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series ''Yağmur Zamanı.'' Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Ne ...
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Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish women, Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952. Biography Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in Ist ...
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Keriman Halis Ece Keriman Halis Ece (February 16, 1913 – January 28, 2012) was a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model who won the Miss Turkey 1932 title. She was also crowned Miss Universe 1932 in Spa, Belgium and thus became Turke ...
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Neşe Erberk Neşe Erberk (born October 14, 1964) is a Turkish people, Turkish businesswoman, a former model (person), fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984. Biography She was born on October 14, 1964, in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her e ...
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Tuğçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz (born 26 August 1982) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Turkey 2001. Biography Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir, Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated ...
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Çağla Kubat Çağla Kubat (; born 16 November 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model, windsurfer and beauty pageant titleholder. She is member of Fenerbahçe SW, Fenerbahçe sailing & windsurfing team. She is 5 feet 10 (1.80m) tall. She was born ...
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Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu (born c. 1960) is a Turkish ballet dancer and a former beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1982. She was educated in ballet dancing at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Turkey. She danced in the state op ...
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Arzum Onan Arzum Onan (born 31 October 1973) is a Turkish actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Europe 1993. She is best known for "Sahra" and hit crime series "Sıcak Saatler" alongside ex-husband Mehmet Aslantuğ. Bi ...
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Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu (born 29 October 1989) is a Turkish-German actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Turkey, Miss Turkey 2008, and represented Turkey at the Miss World 2008 pageant. Early life Leyla Lydia ...
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Filiz Vural Filiz Vural (born 1953) is a former Turkish beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1971. She participated at a beauty pageant organized by the newspaper ''Hürriyet'', and won the title Miss Turkey 1970. The next year, she represented her country at t ...


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İshak Alaton İshak Alaton (2 September 1927 – 11 September 2016) was a Turkish businessman and investor. He is a founding partner of the Alarko group of companies. Biography İshak Alaton was born in Istanbul in 1927. He completed his high school education ...
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Feyyaz Berker Feyyaz Berker (October 7, 1925 – August 22, 2017) was a Turkish businessmanTekfen Holding. He was one of the three co-founders and owners of the Tekfen Holding. Biography Born on October 7, 1925, in Mersin, Turkey, Feyyaz was the son of Muht ...
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Özhan Canaydın Özhan Canaydın (23 January 1943 – 22 March 2010) was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkey, Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K., Galatasaray. Biography Basketball career Canaydın began to play professional basketb ...
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İlhan Cavcav İlhan Cavcav (4 October 1935 – 22 January 2017) was the chairman of Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in Ankara, Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and scouting a ...
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Turgay Ciner Turgay Ciner (born 1956) is a Turkish businessman and owner of the Ciner Group, a conglomerate that operates in four main sectors: energy and mining, natural soda ash, container glass, and shipping. Early life Ciner was born in Hopa, Artvin Pr ...
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Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Doğan went to el ...
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Bülent Eczacıbaşı Bülent Eczacıbaşı (, born 1949) is an esteemed Turkish businessman. He is chairman of the board at Eczacıbaşı Holding, a Turkish conglomerate founded by his father, Nejat Eczacıbaşı. Background Bülent Eczacıbaşı was born in İsta ...
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Nejat Eczacıbaşı Mehmet Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı (; January 5, 1913 – October 6, 1993) was a Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a second-generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacıbaşı family. He was the founder of Ec ...
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Acun Ilıcalı Ali Acun Ilıcalı (; born 29 May 1969) is a Turkish broadcaster, entrepreneur, international TV producer, and businessman. He is the owner of the TV channels TV8 and , Turkey's digital platform Exxen. He is the founder and director of AC ...
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Neşe Erberk Neşe Erberk (born October 14, 1964) is a Turkish people, Turkish businesswoman, a former model (person), fashion model, beauty contestant and Miss Europe 1984. Biography She was born on October 14, 1964, in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her e ...
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Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...
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Üzeyir Garih Üzeyir Garih (1929 – August 25, 2001) was a Jewish Turkish engineer, businessman, writer and investor. Early years Üzeyir Garih was born in İstanbul on 28 June 1929. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University ranking in the Dean's Hono ...
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Işıtan Gün Özgür Işıtan Gün (born 7 December 1975) is a Turkish businessman who is owner of 20% shares of Fortuna Sittard. He is also the current chairman of the club. Career In 2016, Gün became owner of Dutch side Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittar ...
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Sadi Gülçelik Sadi Gülçelik (22 October 1930–19 August 1980) was a Turkish basketball player, civil engineer and entrepreneur. Biography Sadi Gülçelik was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October 1930. He played for Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball ...
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Rahmi Koç Mustafa Rahmi Koç (born 9 October 1930) is a Turkish businessman. In 2016, Forbes ranked him No. 906 richest person in the world with a net worth of US$2.6 billion. In 2013, Koç was the single highest taxpayer in Turkey, totalling 37.5&nb ...
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Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime, he came to be one of ...
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Ömer Koç Mehmet Ömer Koç (born 24 March 1962) is a Turkish businessman, art collector, and chairman of Koç Holding. In 2013 ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$1.1 billion. Early life Koç was born on 24 March 1962 in Ankara, Turkey. A third ge ...
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Koç family Koç is a Turkish family of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey's largest group of companies, Koç Holding, the only Turkish comp ...
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Asil Nadir Asilkan Nadir (1 May 1941 – 9 February 2025) was a British Turkish Cypriot businessman. He was the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company. During the 1980s, he expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's ...
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Ahmet Mücahid Ören Ahmet Mücahid Ören (born 1972), is the chairman and current CEO of İhlas Holding, Ören studied economics at Anadolu University and also trained as a computer systems specialist. Ören is a naturalised citizen of the United States and had hi ...
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Sudi Özkan Sudi Özkan is a Turkish businessman. Starting from a relatively small-scale, he has created one of the most successful international business groups. The Princess International Group currently operates in 16 countries and employs more than 15,00 ...
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Hüsnü Özyeğin Hüsnü Özyeğin (born 1 September 1944) is a Turkish billionaire businessman. He founded Finansbank in 1987 and later sold the Turkish division of the bank. Nowadays, his financial investments are managed under Fiba Holding while non-financial ...
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Ali Sabancı Ali İsmail Sabancı (born May 5, 1969; Adana) is a Turkish businessperson and a third generation member of thSabancıFamily. He is the Chairperson of 'Esas Holding Education Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International ...
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Güler Sabancı Güler Sabancı (born 1955) is a Turkish businesswoman, a third-generation member of the Sabancı family. Güler Sabancı continue her roles as Chair of the Sabancı Foundation Board of Trustees, Founding Chair of the Sabancı University Board of ...
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Hacı Sabancı Hacı Sabancı (25 June 1935 – 26 June 1998) was a Turkish businessman, philanthropist, and second-generation member of the renowned Sabancı family. He was born in the Akçakaya village of Kayseri Province as the third son of Hacı Ömer Sa ...
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Hacı Ömer Sabancı Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1 January 1906 – 2 February 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiat ...
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İhsan Sabancı İhsan Sabancı (1931–1979) was a Turkish businessman and a second-generation member of the Sabancı family. He was born in 1931 in the village of Akçakaya village in Kayseri Province as the first of six sons of Hacı Ömer Sabancı and ...
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Mehmet Sabancı Mehmet Sabancı (April 25, 1963 – November 9, 2004), a member in third generation of the renowned Sabancı family in Turkey, was a businessman. Mehmet was born on April 25, 1963, in Adana as the third child and the second son of Hacı Sabancı ...
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Ömer Sabancı Ömer Sabancı (born 1959) is a Turkish businessman and a member of Turkey's second-wealthiest Sabancı family in third generation in Turkey. Biography He was born 1959 in Adana as the first son of Hacı Sabancı (1935–1998), son of Hacı Öm ...
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Özdemir Sabancı Özdemir Sabancı (1941 – January 9, 1996) was a Turkish businessman and a second generation member of the Sabancı family. Biography He was born in Adana, Turkey. After finishing high school at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, provinc ...
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Sakıp Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı (7 April 1933 – 10 April 2004) was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Biography He was the second son of a cotton trader and worked in his father's business without completing high school. He was the head of Turkey's ...
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Sevil Sabancı Sevil Sabancı (born January 4, 1973) is a Turkish businesswoman and a member of the Sabancı family in third generation. Biography She was born on January 4, 1973, in Istanbul, Turkey as the third child of Sakıp Sabancı, the founder of Sab ...
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Şevket Sabancı Şevket Sabancı (1936 – 22 July 2021) was a Turkish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, and a second-generation member of the Sabancı family. Biography He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey, as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, ...
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Demir Sabancı Demir Sabancı () is a Turkish entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Sedes Holding and its subsidiaries. His businesses range from the largest personal care market chain in Turkey, to real estate management a ...
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Ferit Şahenk Ferit Şahenk (, born 1964) is the chairman of Doğuş Group and one of the richest people in Turkey. Background Şahenk graduated from The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) and earned his B.A. from Boston College with a degree in Marketi ...
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Kemal Şahin Kemal Şahin is a Turkish people, Turkish–German people, German entrepreneur, a textile tycoon, and founder and CEO of Şahinler Holding. He is also an Environmentalism, environmental activist against erosion. Early life Şahin (which means fal ...
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Kenan Sahin Kenan Eyüp Şahin, (commonly known as Kenan Sahin) is a Turkish-born American scientist and entrepreneur. He is the founder, President and the Chief Technology Officer of TIAX LLC in Lexington, Massachusetts. He is also the founder and CEO of C ...
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Yavuz Tatış Nuri Yavuz Tatış (born 1947), also known simply as Yavuz Tatış is a businessman from İzmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private collections in Turkey of historical artifacts dating from the Anatolian, Ancient ...
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Cem Uzan Cem Cengiz Uzan (born 26 December 1960, Istanbul) is a Turkish businessman and politician involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party (GENÇPARTİ). His family's media empire ( Uzan Group) at ...
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Hacı Mehmet Zorlu Hacı Mehmet Zorlu (1919 in Babadağ, Denizli – May 7, 2005 in Istanbul) was the founder of Zorlu Holding, one of the biggest group of companies in Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in An ...


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List of mayors of Istanbul The mayor of Istanbul is the head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The mayor is elected popularly every five years. Nuri Aslan has served as interim mayor of Istanbul since 26 March 2025. This article covers the Ottoman Empire to the ...
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List of people from İzmir This is a list of famous people from İzmir, Turkey. * Rita Abatzi (1914–1969) – Greek rebetiko singer * Kayahan Açar (1949–2015), singer, composer and lyricist * Sezen Aksu – (born 1954), Turkish singer–songwriter, musician, record pr ...
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Müfide İlhan Müfide İlhan (19 February 1911 – 2 February 1996) was a Turkish politician. She was the mayor of Mersin in the early 1950s and is known as being the first woman mayor in Turkey. Early life Müfide İlhan was born on 19 February 1911 in Istan ...
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Nevit Kodallı Nevit Kodallı (12 December 1924, Mersin – 1 September 2009, Mersin) was a Turkish composer of western-influenced classical music including operas and ballets. In 1948 he travelled to Paris where he studied with Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulan ...
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Macit Özcan Macit Özcan, (born 1954 in Karataş, Adana Province, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and a former mayor of Mersin. After his secondary education in Adana, he graduated in civil engineering from Çukurova ...
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Nevin Yanıt Nevin Yanıt (born 16 February 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling. On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013. After IAAF appealed t ...
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Atıf Yılmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote screenplays for ...


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John Eren John Hamdi Eren (born 15 March 1964) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2022, representing Geelong Province in the Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006, and Lara in the L ...
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Didem Erol Didem Erol or Serah Henesey also known as Dana Flynn is an Australian-born Turkish American actress, model, and TV host. She was born in Sydney to Turkish parents and lives in Los Angeles, California. Amidst media speculation, Erol confirmed ...
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Ersan Gülüm Ersan Adem Gülüm (; born 17 May 1987) is a former professional footballer who last played as a centre back for Preston Lions in the NPL Victoria 3 and current president of Hume City FC. Born in Australia, Gülüm played for Australia at unde ...
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John Ilhan John Ilhan (born Mustafa İlhan; 23 January 1965 – 23 October 2007) was an Australian businessman. He was the founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and, in 2003, was the richest Australian under 40 years of age. Early life and ca ...
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Selin Kuralay Selin Kuralay (born 25 January 1985 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian soccer player of Turkish ancestry. She plays at national league level for Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory. Club career Junior football Kuralay took up f ...
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Levent Osman Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977 in Melbourne) is an Australian former association football player of Turkish Cypriot descent. He played as a defender. Career He has previously played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, FCU Politehnica Timişoara in Rom ...
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Matthew Osman Matthew James Osman (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career On 12 October 2007, Osman was injured during training and as a result he sat out the remainder of the 2007–08 A-L ...
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Tolgay Özbey Tolgay Özbey (born 12 April 1986) is an Australian professional soccer player, who last played for Rockdale City Suns in the National Premier Leagues NSW as a striker. Biography Australian Clubs Early in his career, Özbey was recognised f ...
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Sedat Sir Sedat Sir (born 6 March 1975) is a Turkish-Australian former Australian Rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Sedat, known as a solid defender, played 24 games at senior level between 199 ...
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Adem Somyurek Adem Kubilay Somyurek (born 25 September 1967) is an Australian politician. He has served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council currently representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. Somyurek was a member of the Australian Labor P ...
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Nazlı Süleyman Natalie Suleyman (born Nazlı Süleyman on 6 June 1974) is an Australian politician. Suleyman is an elected member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, having served as the Member for St Albans since 2014. She holds three Ministerial portfol ...
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Ufuk Talay Ufuk Talay (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Sydney FC. He was the manager of Wellington Phoenix from 2019 to 2023. Club career Talay first entered a national competition f ...
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Deniz Tek Deniz Tek (born November 10, 1952) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and a founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman. He has played in many of the underground rock bands of the 1970s, including Australian bands The V ...
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Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu (; or Ahmet Akif Agaoglu (December 1869, Shusha – May 19, 1939, Istanbul) was a public and political figure of Azerbaijan and Turkey, thinker, publicist, educator, writer, Turkologist, and ...
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Süreyya Ağaoğlu Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903 – 29 December 1989) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa'. Scarecrow Press; 19 D ...
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Rasim Başak Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani- Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career ...
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Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish football manager and former player who's currently coaching Amedspor. Çetin began his football journey in 1990 when he joined Kartalspor after a chance encounter. Initially an amateur, he progres ...
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Haydar Hatemi Haydar Hatemi (, born March 3, 1945, in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy ...
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Cem Karaca Muhtar Cem Karaca (5 April 1945 – 8 February 2004) was a Turkish legendary rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He was a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands suc ...
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Tamer Karadağlı Tamer Karadağlı (born 24 May 1967) is a Turkish actor and director of Turkish State Theatres. Biography Tamer Karadağlı's family originated in Sarıkamış, Kars Province, and moved to America a short time after he was born. They returned ...


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Cem Adrian Cem Filiz (born 30 November 1980), better known by his stage name Cem Adrian, is a Turkish musician of Bosniak descent, singer-songwriter and record producer. Early life His father was a merchant, while his mother was a housewife. Adrian was bor ...
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Ayşegül Aldinç Ayşegül Aldinç (; born 28 September 1957) is a Turkish singer and actress. Life and career She is the daughter of journalist and sports writer Orhan Aldinç and painting teacher Süheyla Aldinç. Growing in Cihangir, Due to the works of her ...
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Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), ...
* Nejat Biyediç *
Hüseyin Beşok Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight, he used to play as center. Professional career A solid big man, ...
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Metin Boşnak Metin Boşnak (born 1965) is a Turkish professor of Bosniak origin. His academic publications include contributions to the fields of American culture and literature and comparative literature and cinematography. Metin Boşnak has a BA in TEFL ...
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Ömer Çatkıç Ömer Çatkıç (born 15 October 1974) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last club was Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. He played for Eskişehirspor, Gaziantepspor, Gençlerbirliği, and Bursaspo ...
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Nedim Dal Nedim Dal (born Edin Delić; on 3 May 1975) is a retired Turkish basketball player. He stands 2.14 m tall and played as a center. He holds Turkish and Bosnian citizenships and played for Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türk ...
* Ebru Destan *
Semih Erden Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka in the Turkish Basketball League in 2003–04 ...
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Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
* Almir Gegić * Coşkun Göğen * Sedat Kapanoğlu *
Hakan Köseoğlu Hakan Köseoğlu (born December 12, 1981) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He played the point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulati ...
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Ayşe Kulin Ayşe Kulin (born 26 August 1941) is a Turkish short story writer, screenwriter and novelist. Biography Kulin was born in Istanbul in 1941. Her father, Muhittin Kulin, of Bosniak origin, was one of the first civil engineers in Istanbul who f ...
* Süleyman Memnun *
Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with t ...
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Ajda Pekkan Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (; born 12 February 1946) is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. ...
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Saffet Sancaklı Saffet Sancaklı ( sr-Cyrl, Сафет Санџакли, Safet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli ...
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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (; born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player. He has won several accolades, including four Golden Butterfly Awards for Best actor for his role in Ask-I memnu (2009 and 2010), for his rol ...
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Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time Al ...
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Cem Uzan Cem Cengiz Uzan (born 26 December 1960, Istanbul) is a Turkish businessman and politician involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party (GENÇPARTİ). His family's media empire ( Uzan Group) at ...


Brazil

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Silvio Santos Senor Abravanel (; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and business magnate. Widely regarded as the greatest personality in Television in Brazil, Brazilian television, ...


Bulgaria


Canada

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Üstün Bilgen-Reinart Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (born 1947 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish-Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster, author of three notable books, the first two on the social and environmental dislocations associated with development in Canada and wes ...
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Selim Deringil Selim Deringil (born Ottawa, 19 August 1951) is a Turkish academic, and professor of history at Boğaziçi University and at the Lebanese American University. Career Deringil earned his doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1979, and j ...
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Orhan Demir Orhan Demir (; born 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Canadian jazz guitarist. His first release in 1986 "The way I see You" second release is in 1987 "North West", third album was in 1989 "Windmill" in 1990 solo acoustic album "Sultan of Strings", ...
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Enis Esmer Ennis Esmer (born December 29, 1978) is a Turkish-Canadian actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer and presenter. He is best known for his roles as Osman 'Oz' Bey in ''The Listener'' (2009–2014), Nash in '' Red Oaks'' (2014–2017), Ri ...
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Tuğba Karademir Tuğba Karademir (born on 17 March 1985) is a Turkish former competitive figure skater. She won silver medals at the 2008 International Challenge Cup and 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She qualified to the free skate at two Winter Olympics (2006 T ...
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Nil Köksal Nil Köksal is a Turkish-born Canadian television and radio journalist, most recently the weekday anchor of '' World Report'' on CBC Radio One. In July 2022, she was announced as the new host of ''As It Happens'' beginning in September. Köksal h ...
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Arda Ocal Arda Ocal (; born May 7, 1981) is a Canadian television personality, broadcaster, announcer, and writer. He previously worked in WWE under the stage name Kyle Edwards, as well as the host of ''Aftermath TV'' on Sportsnet 360 and ''The MSG Hockey ...
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Semih Tezcan Semih Tezcan ('; born May 3, 1932) is a Turkish academic. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Civil engineering in 1954. In 1962, he went to Canada, and joined University of British Columbia as an assistant professor. Tezcan ...


Cuba

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Isaac Guillory Isaac Guillory (February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2000) was an American folk guitarist. Career Guillory's first band was The Continentals in Gainesville, Florida in 1960 at age 13. This band, which later changed its name to Maundy Quintet, in ...


Cyprus

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Nej Adamson Nej Adamson (born 23 December 1958), also credited as Nejdet Salih, is a British actor. Career Born in London, Adamson is of Turkish Cypriot descent. He played Ali Osman in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'', a role he played from the series' i ...
* Nazim al-Qubrusi *
Ulus Baker Ulus Sedat Baker (July 14, 1960 – July 12, 2007) was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Biography Baker was born on July 14, 1960, in Leningrad, USSR. He was born to a cosmopolitan family; his mother was the Cypriot poet Pembe Marmara, and his fath ...
* Nil Burak *
Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan, (; ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000), and he was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching at HTW Berlin. Ea ...
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Alkan Çağlar Alkan Boudewijn de Beaumont Chaglar (born August 5, 1981 in London) is a Canadian and British journalist. He used to be editor and columnist for the Turkish Cypriot weekly bilingual (English-Turkish) newspaper ''Toplum Postası''. He is currently Ed ...
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Reşat Çağlar Mr. Reşat Çağlar is a diplomat from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He served as the ''de facto'' TRNC Chief of Mission to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007, when he was replaced by Kemal Gökeri (though as the UN does not reco ...
* Murat Erdoğan *
Osman Ertuğ Mr. Osman Ertuğ (born 1949) served as the ''de facto'' ambassador of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to the United States of America from 2002 to 2007, when he was succeeded by Hilmi Akil. As the TRNC is not recognized as sovereig ...
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İsmet Güney İsmet Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lir ...
* Kemal İzzet *
Muzzy İzzet Mustafa Kemal "Muzzy" Izzet (; ; born 31 October 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Chelsea, Leicester City, Birmingham City. Born in England, he played for the Turkey national team internationally. He w ...
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Işın Karaca Işın Funda Büyükkaraca (born 7 March 1973), better known as Işın Karaca (), is a British-born Turkish Cypriot pop singer. Personal life Işın Funda Büyükkaraca was born into a Turkish Cypriot family which had emigrated to the United K ...
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Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha ("Mehmed Emin Pasha the Cypriot"; 1813–1871) was an Ottoman civil servant and statesman of Turkish Cypriot origin, who served at the top post of Grand Vizier during three different times under the reign of the ...
* Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha *
Asil Nadir Asilkan Nadir (1 May 1941 – 9 February 2025) was a British Turkish Cypriot businessman. He was the chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company. During the 1980s, he expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's ...
* Yılmaz Orhan *
Leon Osman Leon Osman (born 17 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent almost all of his career at Everton, making 433 appearances and scoring 57 goals. Earlier in his career he spent time on loan at Foo ...
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Omer Riza Omer Karime Ali Riza (born 8 November 1979) is a football coach and former player who most recently managed EFL Championship club Cardiff City. A forward, Riza signed for Arsenal and West Ham United, making one substitute appearance for Arsenal ...
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Ziynet Sali Ziynet Sali Safter (born 29 April 1975) is a Cypriot singer who also holds British citizenship. Her later works contain pop elements while her earlier works also had rebetiko and classical Turkish music themes. Sali was born in Nicosia and t ...
* Osman Türkay *
Vamık Volkan Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, (born 1932 in Lefkoşa, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot born American psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Amon ...
* Fatima Whitbread *
Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...


Denmark

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Yildiz Akdogan Yildiz Akdogan (born 29 April 1973) is a Turkish-Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2019. Along with Özlem Cekic, she was one of the first female immigrant poli ...
* Hasan Al * Yasin Avcı *
Saban Özdogan Saban or Šaban may refer to: People * Saban (name), for people with the name * Sabans, a small indigenous ethnic group of Sarawak, Malaysia Other uses *Saban Capital Group, a private investment firm investing in music and entertainment *Saban C ...
* Yüsüf Öztürk *
Tülin Şahin Tülin Şahin (born 13 December 1979) is a Danish-Turkish top model, television presenter, author, and actress. Life and career Şahin was born in Odense, Denmark, and spent her childhood there. She was discovered in a shopping mall and went to ...
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Egypt


Estonia

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Ant Nurhan Ant Nurhan (born 8 December 1995), known mononymously as Ant, is a Turkish-born singer living in Estonia. He won the ninth edition of the Estonian talent show ''Eesti otsib superstaari''. Career In 2022, Nurhan performed on the Kanal 2 televisi ...


Finland

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Mehmet Gürs Mehmet Gürs (born 13 December 1969) is a Finnish celebrity chef, television personality, restaurateur and consultant. He is considered to be Istanbul's most recognizable chef. Biography Gürs was born in Finland to a Turkish father and a Fi ...
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Kaan Kairinen Kasper Kaan Özden Kairinen (born 22 December 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and the Finland national team. Early life Kairinen was born to a Turkish fat ...
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Anton Odabasi Ozan Anton Odabasi (born 8 August 1995) is a Finnish-Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball), Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup. Odabasi grew up with ...
* Mert Otsamo *
Masar Ömer Masar Ömer (born 12 June 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for FC Honka, as a striker. He is of Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ...
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Teuvo Tulio Theodor Antonius Tugai (23 August 1912 – 8 June 2000), better known as Teuvo Tulio, was a Finnish film director and actor. Beginning his career as an actor at the end of the silent era, Tulio turned to directing and producing in the 1930s. Hi ...
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Ozan Yanar Ozan Göksu Yanar (born 3 May 1987 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Finnish politician and a former Member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. He has been the chairman of Federation of Green Youth and Students since 2015. Yanar wa ...


France

* Seyhan Kurt *
Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish actor. Biography Cansel Elçin was born on 20 September 1973, in İzmir, Turkey, but his family moved to France when he was 9 years old. Elcin grew up trilingually and can speak French, ...


Georgia

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Sofia Nizharadze Sopho "Sofia" Nizharadze ( ka, სოფო ნიჟარაძე, ) is a Georgian singer, actress, and songwriter who represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Shine". Nizharadze was a judge on the TV shows '' ...


Germany


Hungary

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Erol Onaran Erol's can refer to any of three companies, all founded by Erol Onaran, a Turkish immigrant to Virginia, United States. Erol's Inc. Erol's Inc. was a video rental and electronic sales and repair company founded in 1963, which included video renta ...
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Can Togay Can Togay (; born August 27, 1955), also known as János Can Togay, is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet, producer, cultural manager and cultural diplomat. Biography Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He spent ...


India


Iraq

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İhsan Doğramacı İhsan Doğramacı (3 April 1915 – 25 February 2010) was a Turkish people, Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in modern Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ...
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Mehmet Ali Erbil Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1957) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor, comedian and Talk show, talk show host. Biography Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul, Turkey, as the son of Sadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957. He is the gra ...
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Reha Muhtar Reha Muhtar (born 21 July 1959) is a Turkish anchorman, columnist and television reporter of Iraqi Turkmen descent. He was first seen on TV as TRT's reporter from Turkey, Istanbul. Later he started hosting a debate program at show tv "''Ateş ...
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Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (, ''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa'', born Fahrünissa Şakir (Kabaağaçlı); 6 December 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns ...
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Mehmet Türkmehmet Mehmet Türkmehmet (born 18 October 1980 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi Turkmen professional football midfielder. He currently plays for Karşıyaka S.K. in the TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig f ...
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Ra'ad bin Zeid Raad or Ra'ad may refer to: Military * Raad (air defense system), Iranian air defense system * Ra'ad (air-launched cruise missile), or Hatf-VIII, Pakistani weapon ** Ra'ad-II * Ra'ad (anti-ship missile), Iranian weapon * RAAD (anti-tank guide ...
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Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid bin Ra'ad bin Zeid al-Hussein (; born 26 January 1964) is a Jordanian former diplomat who is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the president and CEO of the ...


Ireland

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Billy Mehmet Billy Mehmet (born 3 January 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker and currently captains Alsancak Yeşilova SK in the KTFF Süper Lig. Born in England, Mehmet represented the England national football team at schoolboy le ...


Israel

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Pini Balili Pini Balili (; born 18 June 1979) is an Israeli former football manager and former player. He was born in Jerusalem and is Jewish, of Turkish descent. Career Move back to Hapoel As a youngster, Balili grew up supporting Hapoel Tel Aviv and was ...
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Umut Güzelses Umut Güzelses (; born 15 May 1987) is a Turkish- Israeli former footballer. Childhood in Israel The Güzelses family are Sephardi Jews, descendants of refugees who fled the Spanish Inquisition. They emigrated to Israel Israel, offi ...
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Meshulam Riklis Meshulam Riklis (; 2 December 1923 – 25 January 2019) was an Israeli financier and businessman. Early years Born in Istanbul to a Russian-Jewish family, Riklis grew up in Tel Aviv, and attended the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school; bef ...
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Berry Sakharof Berry Sakharof (, ; born 7 July 1957) is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is popular and critically acclaimed. He is often referred to as "the prince" or "the prince of Israeli rock". Biography Sakharof was born i ...


Italy

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Cem Sultan Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (22 December 1459 – 25 February 1495, ; ; ; ), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century. Cem was the third son of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmed II and ...
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Abraham Salomon Camondo Count Abraham Salomon Camondo (1781, Istanbul – 30 March 1873, Paris) was a Jewish Ottoman-Italian financier and philanthropist, and the patriarch of the Camondo family. Life and career He was born in Constantinople, during the Ottoman ...
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Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer (, née Çeyrekgil; 10 October 192810 May 2008) also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano. Gencer was a notable '' bel canto'' soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980 ...
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Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was a lecturer and his father, Te ...
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Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Nicola Rossi-LemeniHis father's last name was Rossi, but his mother wanted her family name added, "Rossi Lemeni" (without a hyphen). However, many publications and recordings hyphenate the name. (November 6, 1920 – March 12, 1991), was a ...
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Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...
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Hugo Pratt Ugo Eugenio Prat (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as '' Corto Maltese''. He was indu ...


Jordan

* Muhanna Al-Dura


Kazakhstan

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Kosovo

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Soner Özbilen Soner Özbilen (born 1947) is a Turkish folk singer, conductor, and compiler. The origins are Albania (Kosovo) Early life Soner Özbilen was born in Boğazlıyan in 1947 from Albanian parents, they were immigrants from Kosovo. He finished p ...
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Ali Haydar Şen Ali Haydar Şen (born 12 April 1939) is a former president of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe SK. Early life Şen was born to an ethnic Turkish family in Prizren, Kosovo (at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Career He worked as a journalist for ...
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Güner Ureya Güner Ureya (; born 6 January 1973 in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia, today Kosovo) is a Kosovar diplomat. He is the first Kosovar Turkish diplomat to the Republic of Kosovo and first Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to the People's Republic of Bang ...


Kuwait

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Dina Al-Sabah Dina Al-Sabah (born February 28, 1974) is a professional figure competitor from Kuwait. Biography Al-Sabah was born in Beirut, Lebanon; her mother is of Turkish and Syrian origin, while her father is Kuwaiti, Turkish and East African origin ...


Latvia

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Samanta Tīna Samanta Tīna Poļakova (; born 31 March 1989), better known simply as Samanta Tīna, is a Latvian singer, songwriter and composer. After having attempted to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times earlier (in 2012, 201 ...


Lebanon

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Ahmad Shukeiri Ahmad al-Shukeiri (, also transliterated al-Shuqayri, Shuqairi, Shuqeiri, Shukeiry; 1 January 1908 – 26 February 1980) was a Palestinian political leader and the first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, serving from 1964 to ...


Libya

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Ahmed Karamanli Ahmed or Ahmed Karamanli or Qaramanli or al-Qaramanli, (most commonly Ahmed Karamanli) (1686–1745) was an Ottoman official of Janissary background.The City in the Islamic world, Volume 1, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Renata Holod, Attilio Petrucciol ...
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Fathi Bashagha Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha (; born 20 August 1962), known simply as "Fathi Bashagha" or occasionally Fathi Ali Pasha, is a Libyan politician and the former interim prime minister of Government of National Stability. He served as Minister of ...
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Muhammad Sakizli Muhammad Sakizli () (1892–14 January 1976) was the Prime Minister of Cyrenaica from 18 March 1950 to 24 December 1951. He was later appointed the Prime Minister of Libya from 19 February to 12 April 1954. Personal life Sakizli was of Turkish ...
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Fayez al-Sarraj Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj ( or ; born 20 February 1960) is a Libyan politician who served as the chairman of the Presidential Council (Libya), Presidential Council of Libya and List of heads of government of Libya, head of government of the Govern ...


North Macedonia

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Tekin Arıburun Mehmet Tekin Arıburun (3 October 1903 – 13 October 1993) was a Turkish soldier and statesman. He was born in then-Ottoman territory of Ishtib, Kosovo Vilayet (today Štip, part of North Macedonia). He was the last (Acting) President to be b ...
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Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (born Ahmet Âgâh; 2 December 1884 – 1 November 1958), known by the pen name ''Yahya Kemal'', was a Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat. Early life and education Yahya Kemal was born Ahmet Âgâh on 2 December ...
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Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
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Srgjan Kerim Srgjan Kerim (, ; ; born December 12, 1948) is a Macedonian diplomat, economist, former Foreign Minister and President of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. His term of office began on September 18, 2007 and ended on Septem ...
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Ali Fethi Okyar Ali Fethi Okyar (29 April 1880 – 7 May 1943) was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–1925) a ...
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Yksel Osmanovski Yksel Osmanovski ( Turkish: Yüksel Osmanoğlu; born 24 February 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the mid-1990s, he went on to represent Bari, Torino, and Borde ...
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Sibel Redzep Sibel is a female Turkish given name that is Turkish spelling of Anatolian mother goddess, Cybele, symbol and protector of abundance. People Given name * Sibel Adalı, Turkish-American computer scientist * Sibel Altınkaya (born 1993), Turkish t ...
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Esma Redžepova Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska (, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. She was nicknamed "the Queen of the Gypsies" per her contribution to Romani culture and music. She started t ...
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Tahsin Yazıcı Tahsin Yazıcı () (1892 in Monastir – February 11, 1971 in Ankara) was an Ottoman Army officer and later a Turkish Army general and politician. Biography He was born to his father Ali Bey and his mother Ganimet Hanım in Monastir, Ottoma ...


Morocco

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Lalla Yacout Lalla Yacout (or Yaqut; ; died September 1, 1953) was one of the wives of Sultan Moulay Youssef and the mother of King Mohammed V. Biography Lalla Yacout whose last name is not recorded, was the first wife of Sultan Moulay Youssef. She is na ...
Mother of king
Mohammed V of Morocco Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V (10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961), was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A ...
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Ali Bourequat Ali Bourequat is a Moroccan/Tunisian businessman who was secretly arrested and incarcerated for years by the Moroccan government in the infamous secret prison Tazmamart.Alain Brossat, Jean-Louis Déotte, ''La mort dissoute: disparition et spect ...
* Leïla Chellabi


Mexico

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Maya Jupiter Melissha Martinez (born 21 December 1978), better known by her stage name Maya Jupiter, is a Mexican-born Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, MC and radio personality. She released her debut album, ''Today'', in 2003. She was a membe ...


Netherlands


New Zealand

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Ayşe Tezel Ayşe Tezel (born 19 September 1980) is a New Zealand content creator, voice over artist & actress who made her debut in two episodes of the New Zealand television show ''Shortland Street'' in April 2002. She has acted in a number of television ...


Norway

* Azar Karadaş *
Vendela Kirsebom Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian- Swedish model, television host, and actress. Early life and education Kirsebom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father. At the age of 13, she was ...


Palestine

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Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (March 30, 1911 – November 1, 2002) was a Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), ...


Pakistan

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Hassan Ali Effendi Hassan Ali Effendi ( ; 14 August 1830 – 20 August 1895) was an educationist in South Asia who is credited as the founder of one of the first Muslim schools in British India: the Sindh Madrasatul Islam (established in 1885), located in Karach ...
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Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 14th president of Pakistan since 2024, having held the same office from 2008 to 2013. He is the president of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and was the ...


Russia


Romania

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Mehmet Niyazi Mehmet Niyazi Cemali (Dobrujan Tatar: ''Memet Niyaziy Ğemaliy''; ; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes ...
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Murat Yusuf Murat Yusuf (also known as Murat Iusuf; born August 18, 1977, in Poarta Albă) is a Romanian Islam, Muslim cleric of Tatars of Romania, Tatar origins, currently the Mufti of the Islam in Romania, Muslim Community in Romania. Biography Studies Yu ...


Poland


Saudi Arabia


South Africa

* Tatamkulu Afrika


Spain

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Irán Eory Irán Eory (; 21 October 1937 – 10 March 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory) was an Iranian actress. She achieved fame in Mexico after moving to that country in the late 1960s. Biography She was born in Tehran, Iran, to an Austrian Jewish father ...
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Isaac Guillory Isaac Guillory (February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2000) was an American folk guitarist. Career Guillory's first band was The Continentals in Gainesville, Florida in 1960 at age 13. This band, which later changed its name to Maundy Quintet, in ...
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Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
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Serkan İnan Serkan İnan (born 5 November 1986) is a Swedish-Turkish former professional basketball player who currently plays for the AIK of the Swedish 2nd division North Svealand. He has previously played for multiple teams in the Turkish Basketball Leag ...
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Mehmet Kaplan Mehmet Güner Kaplan (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish politician of Turkish origin who served as Ministry of Enterprise (Sweden), Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Green Party (Sweden), Swedish Gr ...
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Vendela Kirsebom Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian- Swedish model, television host, and actress. Early life and education Kirsebom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father. At the age of 13, she was ...
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Yksel Osmanovski Yksel Osmanovski ( Turkish: Yüksel Osmanoğlu; born 24 February 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the mid-1990s, he went on to represent Bari, Torino, and Borde ...
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Sermin Özürküt Sermin Özürküt (born 19 December 1949) is a Turkish- Swedish political figure who served in Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, from 2002 to 2006. She is a journalist by profession and competed for her electoral seat in Stockholm County as a mem ...
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Sibel Redzep Sibel is a female Turkish given name that is Turkish spelling of Anatolian mother goddess, Cybele, symbol and protector of abundance. People Given name * Sibel Adalı, Turkish-American computer scientist * Sibel Altınkaya (born 1993), Turkish t ...
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Erkan Zengin Erkan Zengin (born 5 August 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for IFK Haninge. A full international between 2013 and 2016, he won 21 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at UEFA Euro 201 ...


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Syria

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Yusuf al-Azma Yusuf al-Azma (, ; ALA-LC: ''Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah''; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was a Syrian military officer and revolutionary figure who was the minister of war of the Arab Kingdom of Syria under the governments of prime ministers Rida al-Rikabi and ...


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By type


Precedence

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Assassinated people

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List of assassinated people from Turkey The following is an incomplete, chronological list of people from Turkey murdered by assassins mainly on political and religious grounds. Many were critical public servants and intellectuals assassinated by far-right proponents of an army-control ...


Chiefs of MIT

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Turks of net worth

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List of Turks by net worth The list of Turkish people by net worth is based on an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in Turkey, compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine ''Forbes''. Methodology Each year ...


Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey

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List of Governors of the Central Bank of Turkey The following is a list of governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. From its foundation until January 26, 1970, the heads of the Central Bank were in the status of General Director. Thereafter the title was changed to Governor. ...


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Bahadır Baruter Bahadır Baruter (born 1963) is a Turkish caricaturist and one of the founders of the ''L-manyak'', ''Penguen'', ''Lombak'' cartoon magazines. He is the husband of writer Mine Söğüt. Biography After completing his education at Istanbul Hi ...
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Cemal Nadir Güler Cemal Nadir (13 July 1902 – 27 February 1947) was a Turkish people, Turkish cartoonist. Güler is the surname he assumed after the Surname Law of 1934. Biography Cemal Nadir was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire on 13 July 1902. His father Şevket ...
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Cem Kızıltuğ Cem Kızıltuğ (born 1974, Istanbul) is a Turkish cartoonist and illustrator. He is a cartoonist and illustrator for '' Zaman'' and also illustrates children's books. Career Kızıltuğ developed a comic strip called "Mr. Diplomat" for Zaman' ...
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Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
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Galip Tekin Galip Tekin (20 April 1958 – 6 July 2017) was a Turkish comic book artist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was known for his works in the Fantasy comics, fantasy and Science fiction comics, science fiction genres. His style is often compared to ...
* Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu * Ihap Hulusi Görey *
Mahmud A. Asrar Mahmud Anjum Asrar (born November 20, 1976) is an Austrian comic book artist who is known for his work on American and non-American comic books. His American work includes runs on Conan the Barbarian, King Conan, X-Men, X-Men Red, Wolverine & the ...
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Oğuz Aral Oğuz Aral (1936 – 26 July 2004) was a Turkish political cartoonist and comics artist, known for his satirical style. He was also active as a theatre designer, playwright, ceramist and animator, establishing the first Turkish animation stud ...
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Suat Yalaz Suat Yalaz (1 January 1932 – 2 March 2020) was a Turkish comics, Turkish Comic book creator, comic book artist, foremost known as the creator of the character Karaoğlan. He has also produced films based on his creation. Early career Gradua ...
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Selma Emiroğlu Selma Emiroğlu Aykan (17 May 1928 – 4 October 2011) was the first female cartoonist in Turkey. She was also an opera singer. Life She was born in Istanbul on 17 May 1928. She studied Üsküdar American Academy, but before graduation, she le ...
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Turhan Selçuk Turhan Selçuk (30 July 1922 – March 11, 2010) was a Turkish cartoonist. Biography Born in Muğla, Milas Selçuk was a prolific caricature cartoonist and illustrator. He is considered to be one of the few cartoonists in Turkey, who paved t ...
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Yıldıray Çınar Yıldıray Çınar is a Turkish comic book artist known for his work on the American comic book ''Noble Causes''. Career Çınar helped create a photocopy-fanzine publishing group called Capa Comics group in 1997, to which he has continued to co ...


Centenarians

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Celal Bayar Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Celal Al (born 1984), Turkish actor * Celal Adan (b ...
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Ahmet Kayhan Dede Ahmet Kayhan Dede (1898, Pütürge, Malatya – August 3, 1998) was a Turkish Sufi master. Books by Ahmet Kayhan All books by Ahmet Kayhan were in the Turkish language. * ''Âdem ve Âlem'' (“Man and Universe”) (1989) * ''Ruh ve Beden'' ...
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Nilüfer Gürsoy Nilüfer Gürsoy (; 1 June 1921 – 1 July 2024) was a Turkish philologist, politician and memoirist. She served in the parliament between 1965 and 1969, and from 1973 to 1980. She was the daughter of the third president of Turkey, Celâl Bayar. ...


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CZN Burak Burak Özdemir (born 24 March 1995), known as CZN Burak, is a Turkish internet personality, chef, and restaurateur. His nickname CZN originates from a frequent mispronunciation of the ''Cinzano'', the name of his father's textile shop in Laleli ...
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Hüseyin Özer Hüseyin Özer (born 1949 in Reşadiye, Tokat Province, Turkey) is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London. Early life Hüseyin Özer was born in 1949, in a village of the Reşadiye town ...
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Nusret Gökçe Nusret Gökçe (; born 1983), better known as Salt Bae, is a Turkish butcher, chef, and restaurateur A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who ...
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Kadir Nurman Kadir Nurman (c.1933 – 24 October 2013) was a Turkish restaurateur, widely credited with having in 1972, in West Berlin, introduced or "invented" the fast food sandwich commonly known as the "kebab" (), consisting of traditional Turkish döne ...


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Doctors

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Fikri Alican Fikri Alican (2 April 1929 – 19 August 2015) was a Turkish scientist and physician with various contributions to medical science, ranging from organ transplantation to physiology. Early life and career Alican was born in Adapazarı, a city in ...
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Reşit Süreyya Gürsey Reşit Süreyya Gürsey (1889–1962) was a Turkish intellectual who was a medical doctor, a radiology expert, a physicist and a poet. Life He was born to Zekiye in Bor of Niğde Province during the Ottoman Empire era. His father Hasan Hüsn� ...
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Hulusi Behçet Hulusi Behçet (; ; ; 20 February 1889 – 8 March 1948) was a Turkish dermatologist and scientist. He described a disease of inflamed blood vessels in 1937, which is named after him as Behçet's disease. His portrait was depicted on a former ...
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Münci Kalayoğlu Münci Kalayoğlu (7 May 1940 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish doctor. Life and career Kalayoğlu was born in Ankara in 1940. In 1963 he graduated from Ankara University School of Medicine, after which he studied at Hacettepe University School ...
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Behram Kurşunoğlu Behram Kurşunoğlu (14 March 1922 – 25 October 2003) was a Turkish people, Turkish physicist and the founder and the director of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami. He was best known for his works on unified field theo ...
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Sabuncuoğlu Şerafeddin Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385–1468) (Ottoman Turkish: شرف‌الدّین صابونجی‌اوغلی) was a medieval Ottoman surgeon and physician. Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu started his medical interests at the age of 17. He would continue w ...
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Mehmet Oz Mehmet Cengiz Oz ( ; ; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sinc ...
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Hasan Özbekhan Dr. Hasan Özbekhan (1921February 12, 2007) was a Turkish American systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher and planner who was Professor Emeritus of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He applied the field-of- ...
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Ömer Özkan Ömer Özkan (born December 31, 1971) is a Turkish plastic surgeon. An associate professor at the Akdeniz University in Antalya, he led the team that performed in 2012 the first full face transplant in Turkey. Education He finished in 1988 Cumh ...
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Selahattin Özmen Selahattin Özmen is a Turkish plastic surgeon and a full professor of plastic surgery at the Koç University School of Medicine, department of plastic surgery and American Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery in İstanbul. he performed Turk ...
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Mustafa Ülgen Mustafa Ülgen (born 1945 in İnegöl, Bursa Province) is a Turkish orthodontist. Biography Ülgen completed primary and middle school in İnegöl. After his graduation from Bursa Boys High School, he graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of ...
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Hasan Âli Yücel Hasan Âli Yücel (17 December 1897 – 26 February 1961) was a Turkish education reformer and philosophy teacher who served as minister of national education of Turkey from December 1938 to August 1946. He is remembered for the foundation of V ...
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Entertainers


Comedians

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Kemal Sunal Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With '' Hababam Sınıfı'', '' Kapıcılar Kralı'' and '' Davaro'', Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his characte ...
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Ercan Yazgan Ercan Yazgan (4 April 1946 – 8 March 2018) was a Turkish comedian and political satirist. He was widely regarded as one of Turkey's most prominent and respected comedians. He starred in numerous movies and various TV-series. He died on 8 March ...
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Beyazıt Öztürk Beyazıt Öztürk (born 12 March 1969), also known as Beyaz, is a Turkish television personality, standup comedian and actor. He was the host of '' Beyaz Show'', a popular Turkish talk show. In 2018, he became one of the judges on ''O Ses Türki ...
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Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
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Ata Demirer Ali Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for his live comedy sketches "Korsan TV" as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including '' E ...


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Muhsin Ertuğrul Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1892 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. Life His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa. Muhsin Ertuğrul, ...
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Ferhan Şensoy Osman Ferhan Şensoy (26 February 1951 – 31 August 2021) was a Turkish actor, playwright and director. Private life Şensoy was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951. After attending Galatasaray ...


Environmentalists

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Kemal Şahin Kemal Şahin is a Turkish people, Turkish–German people, German entrepreneur, a textile tycoon, and founder and CEO of Şahinler Holding. He is also an Environmentalism, environmental activist against erosion. Early life Şahin (which means fal ...


Fashion designers

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Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan, (; ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000), and he was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching at HTW Berlin. Ea ...
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Filmmakers


Film directors


Film producers

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Ömer Lütfi Akad Omar is the most common English rendition of a series of names, predominantly masculine given names, originating in a variety of languages. The name may have several different spellings in English, with variations based on the original language tha ...
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Tunç Başaran Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. Biography After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a ...
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Sinan Çetin Sinan Çetin (born 1 March 1953) is a Turkish film director, actor, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of matern ...
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Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964) is a contemporary Turkish people, Turkish film director, screenwriter, film producer, producer and film editor. Biography Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He ...
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Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish 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 f ...
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Türker İnanoğlu Türker İnanoğlu (18 May 1936 – 2 April 2024) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Personal life İnanoğlu married first the film actress Filiz Akın, and after his divorce Gülşen Bubikoğlu, another former Turkish m ...
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Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...
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Onat Kutlar Onat Kutlar (25 January 1936 – 11 January 1995) was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and cofounder of the Istanbul International Film Festival. Biography Onat Kutlar was born in Alanya, Turkey, on 25 J ...
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Tolga Örnek Tolga Örnek (born 25 August 1972) is a Turkish film director, writer and producer who, in recognition of his 2005 documentary, ''Gallipoli (2005 film), Gallipoli'', was awarded an honorary medal in the general division of the Order of Australia.< ...
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Ali Özgentürk Ali Özgentürk (4 November 1945 – 15 May 2025) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an actor ...
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Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...
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Mehmet Tanrısever Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953 in Konya, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish filmmaker and businessman, who is best known as the founder of Feza Film, which produced his films ''Abdullah from Minye'' (1989), ''The Exile (1992 film), The Exile'' ...
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Atıf Yılmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote screenplays for ...


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Mazhar Alanson Mahmut Mazhar Alanson (born February 13, 1950) is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ, and an actor. Early life He was born on February 13, 1950, to a family of musicians in Ankara, Turkey, where ...
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Fuat Güner Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ. Early life He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami Güner. He is of parti ...
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Gökhan Kırdar Gökhan Kırdar (born 2 June 1970) is a Turkish musician and film score composer. He attended Yıldız University in Istanbul to study architecture in 1988. However, he devoted himself to music and soon gained success with his soundtrack, rele ...
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Erkan Oğur Erkan Oğur (pronounced ) (born 17 April 1954) is a Turkish musician. As pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976.Martinelli, op. cit.Unfretted, op. cit. As composer, he has influenced many musicians wi ...
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Ozan Çolakoğlu Ozan Çolakoğlu (, born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company ''Sarı Ev'' (Yellow House), but ...
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Özkan Uğur Raif Özkan Uğur (17 October 1953 – 8 July 2023) was a Turkish pop and rock musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and actor. After starting his career in 1970, he became a founding member of Kurtalan Ekspres in 1972, which included Bar� ...
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Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
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Melih Kibar Melih Kibar (6 September 1951 – 7 April 2005) was a Turkish composer. Biography Born in Istanbul, he graduated from the German High School Istanbul and studied chemical engineering at Boğaziçi University. He received a Master's degree from ...


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Abraham Salomon Camondo Count Abraham Salomon Camondo (1781, Istanbul – 30 March 1873, Paris) was a Jewish Ottoman-Italian financier and philanthropist, and the patriarch of the Camondo family. Life and career He was born in Constantinople, during the Ottoman ...
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Hüsnü Özyeğin Hüsnü Özyeğin (born 1 September 1944) is a Turkish billionaire businessman. He founded Finansbank in 1987 and later sold the Turkish division of the bank. Nowadays, his financial investments are managed under Fiba Holding while non-financial ...
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Erol Sabancı Erol Sabancı (born 1938) is a billionaire Turkish banker and a member of the Sabancı family. Sabancı is the honorary chairman of Akbank. He has been a board member of Akbank since 1963, Turkey's most valuable and profitable bank. Early life ...
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Süreyya Serdengeçti Süreyya Serdengeçti is a Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. He is currently working as a lecturer in Economics at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey. Early life He was born in ...
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Naim Talu Mehmet Naim Talu (22 July 1919 – 15 May 1998) was a Turkish economist, banker, politician and former prime minister of Turkey. Biography Naim Talu was born in Istanbul in 1919. He was educated at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. After graduatin ...
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Berç Türker Keresteciyan Berç Türker (also known as Berç Türker Keresteci or Berç Keresteciyan Türker; or Berj Kerestejian, ) (1870–1949) was an Ottoman- Turkish bank executive and politician of ethnic Armenian origin. Early life Türker was born in 1870 in Co ...
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Durmuş Yılmaz Durmuş Yılmaz is a Turkish economist, politician and was the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey between 2006 and 2011. Biography Born in the western Anatolian city of Uşak in 1947, Yılmaz obtained a B.A. degree in econo ...


Government and politics

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Historians

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Murat Bardakçı Murat Gökhan Bardakçı (born 25 December 1955) is a Turkish journalist working on Ottoman history and Turkish music history. He is also a columnist for ''Habertürk'' newspaper. Biography Bardakçı was born in 1955 in Istanbul. An economist ...
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Halil Berktay Halil Berktay (born August 27, 1947) is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily ''Taraf''. Life and career Halil Berktay was born in İzmir into an intellectual Turkish communist family. Both of his parent ...
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Muazzez İlmiye Çığ Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (''née'' İtil; 20 June 1914 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish librarian, writer, and supercentenarian who specialised in the study of Hittites and Sumerian civilization. Early life Çığ's parents were Crimean Tatar ...
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Selim Deringil Selim Deringil (born Ottawa, 19 August 1951) is a Turkish academic, and professor of history at Boğaziçi University and at the Lebanese American University. Career Deringil earned his doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1979, and j ...
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Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Az ...
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Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Ekmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu (; born 26 December 1943) is a Turkish chemistry and science history professor, academician, diplomat and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 2004 to 2014. He i ...
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Halil İnalcık Halil İnalcık (7 September 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University, where he completed h ...
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Afet İnan Ayşe Afet İnan (30 October 1908 – 8 June 1985) was a Turkish historian and sociologist. She was one of the eight adopted daughters of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. She was known to be involved in the practice of physical anthropology, as she ...
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Kemal Karpat Kemal Karpat (15 February 1924, Babadag Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States) was a Romanian- Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Early life ...
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Reşat Ekrem Koçu Reşat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Reşat include: * Reşat Çağlar, Cypriot diplomat * Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish novelist * Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian * Reşat Mursaloğlu, Turkish politician {{DEFAULTSO ...
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Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, Turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Rep ...
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İlber Ortaylı İlber Ortaylı (; born 21 May 1947) is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF University, Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed as the dire ...
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Şevket Pamuk Şevket Pamuk is retired professor of Economics and Economic History at Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University and author of prize winning books and articles. Between 2007 and 2013, Pamuk was chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the European Ins ...
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Zeki Velidi Togan Zeki Velidi Togan (, , ; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), was a Turkish- Bashkir historian, Turkologist, and leader of the Bashkir revolutionary and liberation movement, doctor of philosophy (1935), professor, honorary doctor of the University of Man ...
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Taner Akçam Altuğ Taner Akçam (born 1953) is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as '' A Shameful Act'' ...
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Nevra Necipoğlu Nevra Necipoğlu is a Turkish historian of the Byzantine Empire who is a professor of history at Boğaziçi University. Early life and education She was educated and graduated from Robert College. She then graduated from Wellesley College with a ...


Journalists

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Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879 – 28 June 1945) was a Turkish journalist and the founder of the newspaper ''Cumhuriyet''. He was known for his support for Turkish nationalism and his sympathies with the Nazi regime, publishing many antisemitic pro ...
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Ahmet Ağaoğlu Ahmet Ağaoğlu, also known as Ahmet Bey Ağaoğlu (; or Ahmet Akif Agaoglu (December 1869, Shusha – May 19, 1939, Istanbul) was a public and political figure of Azerbaijan and Turkey, thinker, publicist, educator, writer, Turkologist, and ...
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Sunay Akın Sunay Akın (born 12 September 1962) is a Turkish people, Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum. Akın was born in Trabzon, Turkey. Akın is best known for his poetry; his prim ...
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Muammer Aksoy Muammer Aksoy (1917 – January 31, 1990) was a Turkish lawyer, politician, columnist and intellectual who was assassinated. Biography Aksoy was born 1917 in İbradı, Konya vilayet (now Antalya Province) to the member of the Ottoman parliame ...
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Mustafa Akyol Mustafa Akyol (born 20 February 1972) is a Turkish writer, intellectual, and journalist. Notable for his advocacy on reform on blasphemy, apostasy and gender relations in the Muslim world, he has been called “probably the most notable Muslim mo ...
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Çetin Altan Çetin Altan (22 June 1927 – 22 October 2015) was a Turkish writer, journalist, and a member of parliament. He was considered one of the finest writers in the modern Turkish language of the late 20th century. Early years Çetin Altan was ...
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Engin Ardıç Engin Ardıç (1 February 1952 – 27 May 2023) was a Turkish writer and a newspaper columnist for the Sabah newspaper. He also worked as a television commentator in the 1990s. Biography Ardıç was born on 1 February 1952 in Trabzon, a coastal ...
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Ayşe Arman Ayşe Arman (born 9 December 1969) is a Turkish journalist and columnist. She is best known for her interviews. Arman is the author of two books, one of which is a compilation of best moments of her interviews made over the past decade. Arman al ...
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Duygu Asena Duygu Asena (19 April 1946 – 30 July 2006) was a Turkish journalist, best-selling author and activist for women's rights. Biography She was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Nihal and Muhtar Asena. His father was in the sesame business. His ...
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İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
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Murat Bardakçı Murat Gökhan Bardakçı (born 25 December 1955) is a Turkish journalist working on Ottoman history and Turkish music history. He is also a columnist for ''Habertürk'' newspaper. Biography Bardakçı was born in 1955 in Istanbul. An economist ...
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Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (1945 – 18 October 2020) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, ''Cumhuriyet''. He was a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper ''Hürriyet'' befo ...
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Üstün Bilgen-Reinart Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (born 1947 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish-Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster, author of three notable books, the first two on the social and environmental dislocations associated with development in Canada and wes ...
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Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish, the Peoples’ Equality and De ...
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Emin Çölaşan Emin Çölaşan (born 14 March 1942) is a Turkish investigative journalist, whose daily column appeared in the mass-circulation newspaper, Istanbul-based ''Hürriyet'', for 22 years, from 1985 to 2007. Since 2007, he continues his column in ''S ...
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Ahmet Hakan Coşkun Ahmet Hakan (born 11 August 1967) is a Turkish journalist and columnist working at ''Hürriyet'', CNN Türk, and Kanal D. He studied at Bursa Religious High School (Imam Hatip Lisesi) and then Bursa Divinity Faculty (Bursa Ilahiyat Fakultesi). H ...
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Can Dündar Can Dündar (, born 16 June 1961) is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. Editor-in-chief of center-left ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper until August 2016, he was arrested in November 2015 after his newspaper published footage showing the ...
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Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...
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Burhan Felek Burhan Felek (May 11, 1889, in Istanbul – November 4, 1982, in Istanbul) was a Turkish journalist, columnist, sportsperson and writer. He was born on May 11, 1889, in Istanbul. After graduating in 1910 from Istanbul Law School, later the Facu ...
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Uğur Gürses Uğur Gürses is a Turkish financial columnist. He has written financial and economic articles for daily ''Radikal ''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğ ...
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Hasan Tahsin Hasan Tahsin was the code name of Osman Nevres (1888 – 15 May 1919), a Turkish nationalist, patriot, and journalist of Dönmeh descent. Hailed as a Turkish war hero, his name has been given by the Turkish Armed Forces to the Information ...
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Attilâ İlhan Attilâ İlhan (15 June 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer. Early life and education Attilâ İlhan was born in Menemen in İzmir Province, Turkey on 15 June 1925. He received most of his pr ...
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Balçiçek İlter Balçiçek İlter, formerly also known as Balçiçek Pamir (born June 16, 1973, İstanbul), is a Turkish journalist, columnist and television presenter. Early years She studied psychology at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara after fi ...
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Abdi İpekçi Abdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist. He was murdered when he was editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers '' Milliyet'' which then had a cent ...
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İsmail Cem İpekçi In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Islam, Ishm ...
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Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (also rendered Yakub Kadri; ; 27 March 1889 – 13 December 1974) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, diplomat, and member of parliament.Edebiyatogretmeni.net ''Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu'' Google translated' Biograp ...
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Namık Kemal Namık Kemal (, ; ; 21 December 1840 – 2 December 1888) was an Ottoman writer, poet, democrat, intellectual, reformer, journalist, playwright, and political activist who was influential in the formation of the Young Ottomans and their stru ...
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Coşkun Kırca Coşkun Kırca (27 March 1927 – 24 February 2005) was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician. He served as the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He was at first a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), then of the Rep ...
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Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (10 July 1939 – 21 October 1999) was a Turkish professor, politician, and commentator. He served in the Parliament of Turkey in 1977 and was minister of culture in 1978 and 1979. Biography Kışlalı completed his pri ...
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Halit Kıvanç Halit Ahmet Kıvanç (18 February 1925 – 25 October 2022) was a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist and writer. He was best known as a sports commentator. Early years Kıvanç was born in the Fatih district of I ...
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Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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Altan Öymen Mehmet Altan Öymen (born 20 June 1932) is a Turkish journalist, author and former politician. Biography Öymen was born on 20 June 1932. He completed his secondary education at the Atatürk High School in Ankara. He graduated from the School ...
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Ertuğrul Özkök Ertuğrul Özkök (born 8 April 1947) is a Turkish journalist and a daily columnist. Between 1990 and 2010, he was the editor-in-chief for ''Hürriyet'', a daily newspaper published in Turkish in Turkey and some European countries. Özkök is k ...
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Erman Şener Erman Şener (9 August 1942 in Afyon, Turkey – 29 March 2002 in Istanbul) was a Turkish film critic, screenwriter, author, columnist, TV host and producer. Background Şener was born in Afyon, Turkey. After he graduated from primary school his p ...
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Hıfzı Topuz Hıfzı Topuz (25 January 1923 – 26 September 2023) was a Turkish journalist, travel writer and novelist. He also served as a lecturer on journalism at several universities. Early life Topuz was born on 25 January 1923 in Istanbul. After fini ...
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Şerif Turgut Şerif Turgut is a Turkish journalist and the first woman war correspondent of Turkey, best known for her coverage during the Bosnian War. Şerif Turgut received her master's degree in international politics from George Washington University, ...
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Cavit Orhan Tütengil Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1921 – December 7, 1979) was a Turkish sociologist, writer and columnist, who was assassinated. Biography He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus, in Mersin province of what was then the Ottoman Empire. Following ...
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Bahriye Üçok Bahriye Üçok (1919 – 6 October 1990) was a Turkish people, Turkish academic of theology, left-wing politician, writer, columnist, and women's rights activist whose assassination in 1990 remains unresolved. Early life and education Born in ...
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Serhat Ulueren Serhat Ulueren (born 1969) is a Turkish sports reporter and journalist. Biography Serhat Ulueren was born on born 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey. He started his journalism career in 1992. He is currently the director of Turkish football programme Telegol ...
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Ragıp Zarakolu Ragıp Zarakolu (born 1948) is a Turkish human rights activist and publisher who has long faced legal harassment for publishing books on controversial subjects in Turkey, especially on minority and human rights in Turkey. Biography Ragıp Zar ...


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Lütfi Akadlı Ömer Lütfi Akadlı (1902–1988) was a Turkish judge. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal ...
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Zeki Akar Zeki Akar (born April 1, 1944 in Niksar), is a Turkish people, Turkish judge and served as the first president of the Court of Cassation (Turkey), Court of Cassation. External links *Zeki Akar at the official High Court of Appeals site
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Sünuhi Arsan Sünuhi Arsan (1899 – 1970) was a Turkish judge. He was the first president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body ...
* Murat Arslan * Osman Arslan *
Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu (1920, Bolu – 23 August 1998) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 9 August 1982 until 6 April 1985, and was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey The Grand ...
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Mustafa Bumin Mustafa Bumin (born 26 June 1940) is a former Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 31 May 2000 until 24 June 2005. He was born in Mucur, Kırşehir Province. Under his presidency of the Constitutional court ...
* Sumru Çörtoğlu *
Mahmut Cuhruk Mahmut Cuhruk (1925 – 8 October 2018) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 2 March 1988 until 1 March 1990. Cuhruk was born in Yozgat in 1925. He died in Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turke ...
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Necdet Darıcıoğlu Necdet Darıcıoğlu (4 May 1926 – 14 September 2016) was a Turkish judge. He was born in Antalya. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 2 March 1990 until 4 May 1991. He died in Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Tu ...
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Uğur İbrahimhakkıoğlu Uğur İbrahimhakkıoğlu (; born July 2, 1944 in Istanbul) is a high-ranked Turkish judge and the Secretary General of the Court of Cassation A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cass ...
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Hakkı Ketenoğlu Hakkı Ketenoğlu (1906 – 1977) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for con ...
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Şevket Müftügil Şevket Müftügil (7 August 1917 – 22 April 2015) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest ...
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Nuri Ok Nuri Ok (November 10, 1942 – August 5, 2015) was a Turkish judge. He retired as the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation of Turkey. Ok was born in Tarsus, a town in the Mersin Province Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province ...
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Orhan Onar Orhan Onar (1923 – 26 October 2009) was a Turkish judge. Onar was born in Ankara. He served as President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM ...
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Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin (June 20, 1942 – May 17, 2006) was a Turkish supreme court magistrate, who was shot dead in a Turkish Council of State courtroom in Ankara, Turkey on May 17, 2006, by Alparslan Arslan.Yekta Güngör Özden Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932) is a Turkish people, Turkish judge, and former president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey. He was born in Niksar, a town in Tokat Province, Tokat province of Turkey, in 1932. He was the president of the Const ...
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Semih Özmert Hasan Semih Özmert (27 July 1921 in Üsküdar, Istanbul – 3 November 2015) was a Turkish judge who served as the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abb ...
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İbrahim Senil Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the covenantal relationship between the Jewish people and God; ...
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Ahmet Necdet Sezer Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The ...
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Osman Şirin Osman Şirin (born November 5, 1943, in Vakfıkebir, Trabzon Province), is a high-ranked Turkish judge. He was a member of the Turkish Court of Cassation from 1991 to 2008, from 2004 as Deputy First President. On 5 November 2008, he retired f ...
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Muhittin Taylan Muhittin Taylan (1910–1983) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constit ...
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Tülay Tuğcu Tülay Tuğcu (born 12 June 1942) is a retired Turkish judge. She was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey, chief justice of Turkey. She retired on 12 June 2007. Biography Tuğcu was born in Ankara and attended TED College for p ...
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Kani Vrana Kani Vrana(1913–1984) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutiona ...
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Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya ( ; ; born 10 March 1950 in Şanlıurfa, Turkey) is a high-ranking Turkish judge and the former Chief Public Prosecutor (between 2007 and 2011) of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey. Since the end of his term on 201 ...


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Hicri Fişek Hicri Fişek (22 September 1918 – 26 February 2002) was a Turkish professor of international law. He founded the "Tevfik Fikret" high-school in Ankara (1964).
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Kemal Kerinçsiz Kemal Kerinçsiz (born 20 February 1960, in Edirne, Turkey) is a Turkish nationalist lawyer, famous for filing complaints against more than 40 Turkish journalists and authors (including Orhan Pamuk, Elif Şafak, and the late Hrant Dink) for "ins ...
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Mehmet Ali Şahin Mehmet Ali Şahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011. He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the r ...
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Köksal Toptan Köksal Toptan (born 3 January 1943) is a Turkish lawyer, politician and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He earlier served as government minister in three cabinets. He was the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey bet ...
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Sermet Erkin Sermet Erkin (born 1957) is a well-known Turkish stage magician, journalist and former theatre actor. Early years Sermet Erkin was born in Karamürsel town of Kocaeli Province in 1957. His name was given by the husband of famous singer Safiye Ay ...
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İlkay Özdemir İlkay Özdemir (born 1981) is a Turkish stage magician. Early years In 2001, during her study of Economics at the university, she jobbed for psychiatrist Dr. Selim Başarır. Her employer, an experienced amateur magician, inspired her in stage ...
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Mathematicians

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Ali Akansu Ali Naci Akansu (born May 6, 1958) is a Turkish-American professor of electrical & computer engineering and scientist in applied mathematics. He is best known for his contributions to the theory and applications of linear subspace methods includ ...
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Selman Akbulut Selman Akbulut (born 1949) is a Turkish mathematician, specializing in research in topology, and geometry. He was a professor at Michigan State University until February 2020. Career In 1975, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Californi ...
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Cahit Arf Cahit Arf (; 24 October 1910 – 26 December 1997) was a Turkish people, Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic (algebra), characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in ...
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Attila Aşkar Attila Aşkar (born September 4, 1943) is a Turkish civil engineer, scientist and former president of the Koç University in Rumelifeneri, Istanbul, Turkey during 2001 and 2009. Life Attila Aşkar was born on September 4, 1943 in Afyonkarahisar, ...
* Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi *
Feza Gürsey Feza Gürsey (; April 7, 1921 – April 13, 1992) was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. Among his contributions to theoretical physics, his work on the chiral model and on SU(6) symmetry of the quark model are the most well-known. Early l ...
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Halil Mete Soner Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish American mathematician born in Ankara and is the Normal John Sollenberger Professor at Princeton University. Soner's research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-L ...
* Ayşe Soysal * Tosun Terzioğlu *
'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830), known also as () was a ninth-century mathematician. Not much is known about his life. The two records of him, one by Ibn Nadim and the other by al-Qifti are not identical. Al-Qifi mentions his name as ʿAbd al-Hamīd ibn Wase ibn Tu ...
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Cem Yıldırım Cem Yalçın Yıldırım (born 8 July 1961) is a Turkish mathematician who specializes in number theory. Education Yıldırım obtained his B.Sc from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey and his PhD from the University of Toronto ...
*Yomtov Garti *Ali Nesin *Betül Tanbay


Military

*List of chiefs of the Turkish General Staff *List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces *List of commanders of the Turkish Air Force *List of commanders of the Turkish Naval Forces *List of general commanders of the Turkish Gendarmerie *List of commandants of the Turkish Coast Guard *List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey


Models

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Azra Akın Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series ''Yağmur Zamanı.'' Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Ne ...
*Deniz Akkaya *Vildan Atasever *Doğa Bekleriz *Gülşen Bubikoğlu *Itır Esen *Gül Gölge *Tuğçe Güder *Yıldız Kaplan *Aysun Kayacı *
Tuğçe Kazaz Tuğçe Kazaz (born 26 August 1982) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Turkey 2001. Biography Kazaz was born in Edremit, Balıkesir, Edremit, Balıkesir Province. She was educated ...
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Çağla Kubat Çağla Kubat (; born 16 November 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress, model, windsurfer and beauty pageant titleholder. She is member of Fenerbahçe SW, Fenerbahçe sailing & windsurfing team. She is 5 feet 10 (1.80m) tall. She was born ...
*Manolya Onur *Tuğba Özay *Gamze Özçelik *Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer *Hale Soygazi *Tuba Ünsal


Musicologists

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Recep Uslu Recep Uslu is a Turkish people, Turkish writer and researcher on Turkish musicology. Biography Bibliography His some books and articles: * . Mehmed Hafid Efendi and Music (2001),* [2. Musicians in the Ottoman and Central Asia in the 15th Cen ...


Music producers

* Haluk Kurosman *
Ozan Çolakoğlu Ozan Çolakoğlu (, born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company ''Sarı Ev'' (Yellow House), but ...
* Hasan Saltık


Notable families

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Koç family Koç is a Turkish family of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey's largest group of companies, Koç Holding, the only Turkish comp ...
*Köprülü family *Sabancı family


Opera singers

*Esin Afşar *Balık sisters *Semiha Berksoy *Bülent Bezdüz *Burak Bilgili *
Leyla Gencer Leyla Gencer (, née Çeyrekgil; 10 October 192810 May 2008) also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano. Gencer was a notable '' bel canto'' soprano who spent most of her career in Italy, from the early 1950s through the mid-1980 ...


Painters

*List of Turkish painters *List of Turkish Painters and artists


Philanthropists

*Adile Sultan *Nuri Demirağ *
Rahmi Koç Mustafa Rahmi Koç (born 9 October 1930) is a Turkish businessman. In 2016, Forbes ranked him No. 906 richest person in the world with a net worth of US$2.6 billion. In 2013, Koç was the single highest taxpayer in Turkey, totalling 37.5&nb ...
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Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish billionaire, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime, he came to be one of ...
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Sakıp Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı (7 April 1933 – 10 April 2004) was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist. Biography He was the second son of a cotton trader and worked in his father's business without completing high school. He was the head of Turkey's ...
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Şevket Sabancı Şevket Sabancı (1936 – 22 July 2021) was a Turkish billionaire businessman and philanthropist, and a second-generation member of the Sabancı family. Biography He was born 1936 in Kayseri, Turkey, as the fourth son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı, ...


Philosophers


Photographers

*Ara Güler *
Ömer Asan Ömer Asan (born May 28, 1961) is a Turkish folklorist, photographer and writer. In 2002, he was charged with allegations that he violated Article 8 of Turkey's Anti-Terror Law by "propagandating separatism" for his book '' Pontos Kültürü''. ...
*Rahmizâde Bâhâeddin Bediz * Bikem Ekberzade *Burhan Doğançay *
İsmail Cem İpekçi In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Islam, Ishm ...
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Nasuh Mahruki Ali Nasuh Mahruki (born 21 May 1968) is a professional mountaineer, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. He climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits. Early life He wa ...
*Pascal Sebah *Uğur Uluocak


Physicists

*Bulent Atalay *Nihat Berker *Ordal Demokan *Tekin Dereli *
Feza Gürsey Feza Gürsey (; April 7, 1921 – April 13, 1992) was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. Among his contributions to theoretical physics, his work on the chiral model and on SU(6) symmetry of the quark model are the most well-known. Early l ...
*Erdal İnönü *
Behram Kurşunoğlu Behram Kurşunoğlu (14 March 1922 – 25 October 2003) was a Turkish people, Turkish physicist and the founder and the director of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami. He was best known for his works on unified field theo ...
*Gökhan Okan *Ekmel Ozbay *Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil *Turgay Uzer *Ismail Akbay *Atok Karaali-Karaali Rocks *Dilhan Eryurt


Pianists

*Fazıl Say *İdil Biret *Garo Mafyan *Hüseyin Sermet *Önder Sisters, Ferhan & Ferzan Önder *Pekinel sisters *Gülsin Onay


Admirals

*Barbarossa (Ottoman admiral), Barbarossa Hayreddin Paşa *Piri Reis *Turgut Reis *Piyale Pasha, Piyale Paşa *Kemal Reis *Seydi Ali Reis *Salih Reis *Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis *Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis *Uluç Ali Reis *Tzachas


Poets


Contemporary poets


Folk poets

*Muhlis Akarsu *Nesimi Çimen *Neşet Ertaş * Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu *Aşık Mahzuni Şerif *
Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...


Ottoman poets


Record producers

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Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...
*Nesuhi Ertegun *Haluk Kurosman *Arif Mardin *Hasan Saltık


Religious leaders

*Mustafa Çağrıcı *Yaşar Nuri Öztürk *Ali Bardakoğlu


Rabbis

*Aaron Abiob *Aaron Alfandari *Abraham ben Raphael Caro *Yaakov Culi *Menahem Egozi *Ishak Haleva *Joseph ibn Verga *Aaron Lapapa *Hayim Palaggi *Judah Rosanes


Royalty


Scientists


Screenwriters

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Ömer Lütfi Akad Omar is the most common English rendition of a series of names, predominantly masculine given names, originating in a variety of languages. The name may have several different spellings in English, with variations based on the original language tha ...
*Murat Aras *
Tunç Başaran Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. Biography After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a ...
*Bilge Ebiri *
Türker İnanoğlu Türker İnanoğlu (18 May 1936 – 2 April 2024) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Personal life İnanoğlu married first the film actress Filiz Akın, and after his divorce Gülşen Bubikoğlu, another former Turkish m ...
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Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...
*Levent Kazak *Tuncel Kurtiz *
Onat Kutlar Onat Kutlar (25 January 1936 – 11 January 1995) was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and cofounder of the Istanbul International Film Festival. Biography Onat Kutlar was born in Alanya, Turkey, on 25 J ...
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Ali Özgentürk Ali Özgentürk (4 November 1945 – 15 May 2025) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an actor ...
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Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...
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Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...
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Mehmet Tanrısever Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953 in Konya, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish filmmaker and businessman, who is best known as the founder of Feza Film, which produced his films ''Abdullah from Minye'' (1989), ''The Exile (1992 film), The Exile'' ...
*Ümit Ünal *
Atıf Yılmaz Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote screenplays for ...
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Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
*Uğur Yücel


Singers/musicians


Sportspeople


Athletes

*Halil Akkaş *Eşref Apak *Süreyya Ayhan *Birsen Bekgöz *Ali Ferit Gören (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *Özge Gürler *Rıza Maksut İşman *Ebru Kavaklıoğlu *Ercüment Olgundeniz *Pınar Saka *Ruhi Sarıalp *Mehmet Terzi *Binnaz Uslu *
Nevin Yanıt Nevin Yanıt (born 16 February 1986) is a Turkish former sprinter specializing in high hurdling. On 29 August 2013, Yanit was banned from athletic competition for two years following a failed doping test in February 2013. After IAAF appealed t ...


Racing drivers

*Can Artam *Erkut Kızılırmak *Hakan Dinç *Jason Tahincioglu *Mumtaz Tahincioglu *Burcu Cetinkaya


Basketball coaches

*Barbaros Akkaş *Serdar Apaydın *Ergin Ataman *Okan Çevik *Hakan Demir (coach), Hakan Demir *Murat Didin *Orhun Ene *Harun Erdenay *Yalçın Granit *Zafer Kalaycıoğlu *Erman Kunter *Oktay Mahmuti *Aydın Örs *Murat Özyer *Cenk Renda *Ufuk Sarıca *Ercüment Sunter *Levent Topsakal *Arda Vekiloğlu *Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu


Basketball players


A–I

*Mustafa Abi *Tutku Açık *Can Akın *Gülşah Akkaya *Cenk Akyol *Furkan Aldemir *Hüseyin Alp *Can Altıntığ *Serdar Apaydın *Ender Arslan *Ömer Aşık *Engin Atsür *Melike Bakırcıoğlu *Doğuş Balbay *
Can Bartu Can Bartu (31 January 1936 – 11 April 2019) was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin. He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe. His statue was erected in Istanbul. After retirement, he also worke ...
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Rasim Başak Rasim Başak, originally named Ruslan Avleev, was born on 17 February 1980. He is a retired professional basketball player of Azerbaijani- Turkish descent. As a power forward, he stands at 2.02 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Throughout his career ...
*Birkan Batuk *Emre Bayav *
Hüseyin Beşok Hüseyin Beşok (born 8 February 1975) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight, he used to play as center. Professional career A solid big man, ...
*Erdal Bibo *Metecan Birsen *Evren Büker *Ömer Büyükaycan *Hüsnü Çakırgil *Arda Vekiloğlu *
Özhan Canaydın Özhan Canaydın (23 January 1943 – 22 March 2010) was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkey, Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K., Galatasaray. Biography Basketball career Canaydın began to play professional basketb ...
*Berkay Candan *Serhat Çetin *
Nedim Dal Nedim Dal (born Edin Delić; on 3 May 1975) is a retired Turkish basketball player. He stands 2.14 m tall and played as a center. He holds Turkish and Bosnian citizenships and played for Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türk ...
*Begüm Dalgalar *Hakan Demirel *İpek Derici *Kemal Dinçer *Şafak Edge *Selin Ekiz *Orhun Ene *Korel Engin *Burcu Erbaş *
Semih Erden Semih Erden (born July 28, 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the center position. Professional career Early years Erden played with Darüşşafaka in the Turkish Basketball League in 2003–04 ...
*Harun Erdenay *Serkan Erdoğan *Barış Ermiş *Erbil Eroğlu *Tufan Ersöz *Murat Evliyaoğlu *Duygu Fırat *Samet Geyik *Kerem Gönlüm *Zeki Gülay *Muratcan Güler *Sinan Güler *Barış Hersek *Yasemin Horasan *Ersan İlyasova *
Serkan İnan Serkan İnan (born 5 November 1986) is a Swedish-Turkish former professional basketball player who currently plays for the AIK of the Swedish 2nd division North Svealand. He has previously played for multiple teams in the Turkish Basketball Leag ...
*Tuğçe İnöntepe *Şaziye İvegin-Karslı


J–Z

*Zafer Kalaycıoğlu *Enes Kanter *İlkan Karaman *Michael Wright (basketball), Ali Karadeniz *Aysu Keskin *Deniz Kılıçlı *Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu *Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu *İnanç Koç *Can Korkmaz *Göksenin Köksal *Ermal Kurtoğlu *İbrahim Kutluay *Tuğçe Murat *Can Maxim Mutaf *Cemal Nalga *
Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with t ...
*Ömer Onan *Adem Ören *Aydın Örs *Kartal Özmızrak *Cedi Osman *Tamer Oyguç *Cevher Özer *Aytaç Özkul *Arzu Özyiğit *Bora Hun Paçun *Kaya Peker *Nalan Ramazanoğlu *Cenk Renda *Ceren Sarper *Alper Saruhan *Oğuz Savaş *Kenan Sipahi *Arın Soğancıoğlu *Fatih Solak *Ümit Sonkol *Sertaç Şanlı *Caner Topaloğlu *Levent Topsakal *Kerem Tunçeri *Esmeral Tunçluer *
Mirsad Türkcan Mirsad Türkcan (born Mirsad Jahović, sr-cyr, Мирсад Јаховић; on June 7, 1976) is a Turkish former professional basketball player of Bosniak origin. Standing at a height of , he played at the power forward position. A three-time Al ...
* Hidayet Türkoğlu *İzzet Türkyılmaz *Henry Turner (basketball), Henry Turner *Berk Uğurlu *Birsel Vardarlı *Erkan Veyseloğlu *Mehmet Yağmur *Meriç Banu Yenal *Nilay Yiğit *Haluk Yıldırım *Aylin Yıldızoğlu *Alper Yılmaz *Nevriye Yılmaz *Nedim Yücel *Serap Yücesir *Müjde Yüksel


Carom billiards players

*Gülşen Degener *Semih Saygıner


Bodybuilders

*Ahmet Enünlü *Cemal Erçman


Boxers

*Serdar Avcı *Selçuk Aydın *Turgut Aykaç *Malik Beyleroğlu *Eyüp Can (boxer), Eyüp Can *Buse Naz Çakıroğlu *Orhan Delibaş *Şennur Demir *Ertuğrul Ergezen *Yakup Kılıç *Adem Kılıççı *Abdülkadir Koçak *Ramaz Paliani * Sinan Şamil Sam *Onder Sipal *Nurhan Süleymanoğlu *Busenaz Sürmeneli *Gülsüm Tatar *Oktay Urkal *Atagün Yalçınkaya


Chess players

*Suat Atalık *Tunç Hamarat


Fencers

* İrem Karamete (born 1993), Olympic fencer


Field hockey

*Timur Oruz *Selin Oruz


Football managers


A–M

*Erdoğan Arıca *
Cihat Arman Cihat Arman (16 July 1915 in Istanbul – 14 May 1994 in Istanbul), was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager. He represented Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the coach of the Turkish national football ...
*Abdullah Avcı *Samet Aybaba *Eşfak Aykaç *Giray Bulak *Rıza Çalımbay *Oğuz Çetin *Raşit Çetiner *Mustafa Denizli *Rıdvan Dilmen *Ziya Doğan *Bülent Eken *Muhsin Ertuğral *Fuat Çapa *Şenol Güneş *Ömer Kaner *Rasim Kara *Hikmet Karaman *Ünal Karaman *Suat Kaya *Erdal Keser *Gündüz Kılıç *Aykut Kocaman *Bülent Korkmaz *Güvenç Kurtar *Cemşir Muratoğlu


N–Z

*Coşkun Özarı *Arkoç Özcan *Yasin Özdenak *Ertuğrul Sağlam *Nurullah Sağlam *Tugay Semercioğlu *Naci Şensoy *Turgay Şeren *Adnan Suvari *Metin Tekin *Hurser Tekinoktay *Fatih Terim *Tınaz Tırpan *Metin Türel *Ümit Turmuş *Serpil Hamdi Tüzün *Feyyaz Uçar *Turgut Uçar *Telat Üzüm *Yılmaz Vural *Murat Yakın *Fuat Yaman *Ersun Yanal *Ali Sami Yen *Hakkı Yeten *Tayfur Havutçu *Fevzi Zemzem


Footballers


A

*Olcan Adın *Aytaç Ak *Orhan Ak *Muhammed Akagündüz *Bülent Akın *İbrahim Akın *Serhat Akın *Fırat Akkoyun *Ayhan Akman *Birol Aksancak *Altan Aksoy *Cafercan Aksu *Emre Aktaş *Metin Aktaş *Ercan Aktuna *Fatih Akyel *Murat Akyüz *Mehmet Akyüz *Erhan Albayrak *Adem Alkaşi *Ünal Alpuğan *Halil Altıntop *Hamit Altıntop *Yusuf Altuntaş *Ogün Altıparmak *Erdoğan Arıca *Hakan Arıkan *
Cihat Arman Cihat Arman (16 July 1915 in Istanbul – 14 May 1994 in Istanbul), was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager. He represented Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the coach of the Turkish national football ...
*Volkan Arslan *Kemal Aslan *Metin Aslan *Emre Aşık *Çağdaş Atan *Necati Ateş *Yasin Avcı (footballer born 1983), Yasin Avcı *Koray Avcı (footballer), Koray Avcı *İbrahim Aydemir *Erhan Aydın *Necat Aygün *Devran Ayhan *Yalçın Ayhan *Eşfak Aykaç *Serkan Aykut *Gündüz Gürol Azer


B–C

*Volkan Babacan *Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu *Alper Balaban *Serkan Balcı *Hakan Balta *Deniz Barış *
Can Bartu Can Bartu (31 January 1936 – 11 April 2019) was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin. He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe. His statue was erected in Istanbul. After retirement, he also worke ...
*Yıldıray Baştürk *Özgür Bayer *Deniz Baykara *Sedat Bayrak *Hakan Bayraktar *Emre Belözoğlu *Ferhat Bıkmaz *Recep Biler *Ali Bilgin *Coşkun Birdal *Zafer Biryol *Bülent Bölükbaşı *Uğur Boral *Mehmet Budak *Erol Bulut *Umut Bulut *Okan Buruk *Adem Büyük *Musa Büyük *Mehmet Çakır *Yasin Çakmak *Serkan Çalik *Oğuz Çalışkan *Cihan Can *
Ömer Çatkıç Ömer Çatkıç (born 15 October 1974) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last club was Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. He played for Eskişehirspor, Gaziantepspor, Gençlerbirliği, and Bursaspo ...
*Yasin Çelik *Oğuz Çetin *Recep Çetin *
Servet Çetin Servet Çetin (born 17 March 1981) is a Turkish football manager and former player who's currently coaching Amedspor. Çetin began his football journey in 1990 when he joined Kartalspor after a chance encounter. Initially an amateur, he progres ...
*Mustafa Cevahir *Orhan Çıkırıkçı *Daniyel Cimen *Hüseyin Çimşir *Ferhat Çökmüş *Tanju Çolak *Tayfun Çora *Olgay Coskun *Bilal Çubukçu


D–E

*Ekrem Dağ *Oğuz Dağlaroğlu *Ilie Datcu *Ümit Davala *Aykut Demir *Cem Demir *Taner Demirbaş *Volkan Demirel *Serol Demirhan *Christian Demirtas *Mustafa Denizli *Abdurrahman Dereli *Oktay Derelioğlu *Rıdvan Dilmen *Basri Dirimlili *Deniz Doğan *Hüzeyfe Doğan *Ziya Doğan *Osman Kürşat Duman *Adem Dursun *Ahmet Dursun *Murat Duruer *Kürşat Duymuş *Ibrahim Ege *Bülent Eken *Ferdi Elmas *Fevzi Elmas *Alpaslan Eratlı *Abdullah Ercan *Aykut Erçetin *Arif Erdem *Mülayim Erdem *Naci Erdem *Evren Erdeniz *Mevlüt Erdinç *Mert Erdoğan * Murat Erdoğan *Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu *Emrah Eren *Ceyhun Eriş *Adnan Erkan *Caner Erkin *Rober Eryol


F–J

*Berkant Göktan *Gökhan Gönül *Şanver Göymen *Hürriyet Güçer *Arda Güler *Şükrü Gülesin *Ceyhun Gülselam *Ali Güneş *Şenol Güneş *Serdar Güneş *Emre Güngör (Turkish footballer), Emre Güngör *Gürhan Gürsoy *Mehmet Güven *Emrullah Güvenç *Serdal Güvenç *Sercan Güvenışık *
Umut Güzelses Umut Güzelses (; born 15 May 1987) is a Turkish- Israeli former footballer. Childhood in Israel The Güzelses family are Sephardi Jews, descendants of refugees who fled the Spanish Inquisition. They emigrated to Israel Israel, offi ...
*Murat Hacıoğlu *Hamza Hamzaoğlu *Şeref Has *Tayfur Havutçu *Topuz Hikmet *Hakkı Hocaoğlu *Özer Hurmacı *Efe İnanç *Vedat İnceefe *Uğur İnceman *Engin İpekoğlu *Bekir İrtegün *Cenk İşler * Kemal İzzet *
Muzzy İzzet Mustafa Kemal "Muzzy" Izzet (; ; born 31 October 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Chelsea, Leicester City, Birmingham City. Born in England, he played for the Turkey national team internationally. He w ...


K–L

*Hasan Kabze *Tolunay Kafkas *İlyas Kahraman *Nihat Kahveci *Sinan Kaloğlu *Ömer Kaner *Jem Karacan * Azar Karadaş *Batuhan Karadeniz *Gökdeniz Karadeniz *Burak Karaduman *Anıl Karaer *Ümit Karan *Arif Karaoğlan *Levent Kartop *Veli Kavlak *Uğur Kavuk *Onur Kaya *Suat Kaya *Colin Kazim-Richards *Tugay Kerimoğlu *Erdal Keser *Mustafa Keçeli *Gündüz Kılıç *Zafer Kılıçkan *Serkan Kırıntılı *Bilal Kısa *Mehmet Sarper Kiskaç *Ferhat Kıskanç *Okan Koç *Adem Koçak *Celaleddin Koçak *Aykut Kocaman *Ender Konca *Egemen Korkmaz *Mert Korkmaz *Tayfun Korkut *Tevfik Köse *Serdar Kulbilge *Ramazan Kurşunlu *Serdar Kurtuluş *Ahmet Kuru *Uğur Arslan Kuru *Erhan Kuşkapan *Hakan Kutlu


M–Q

*Hami Mandıralı *İlhan Mansız *Baki Mercimek *Tümer Metin *Murat Ocak *Metin Oktay *Ali Ölmez *Özden Öngün *Alpay Özalan *Coşkun Özarı *Ümit Özat *Barış Özbek *Arkoç Özcan *Özgürcan Özcan *Mehmet Özdilek *Kenan Özer *Zafer Özgültekın *Nesim Özgür *Mesut Özil *Mustafa Özkan *Serdar Özkan *Osman Özköylü *Serkan Özsoy *Ferhat Öztorun *Okan Öztürk *Sezer Öztürk * Yüsüf Öztürk *Emre Öztürk (footballer born 1986), Emre Öztürk *Cem Pamiroğlu *İlhan Parlak *Ergün Penbe *Necmi Perekli


R–T

*Rüştü Reçber *
Omer Riza Omer Karime Ali Riza (born 8 November 1979) is a football coach and former player who most recently managed EFL Championship club Cardiff City. A forward, Riza signed for Arsenal and West Ham United, making one substitute appearance for Arsenal ...
*Oğuz Sabankay *Ertuğrul Sağlam *Mahir Sağlık *Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981), Selçuk Şahin *Zafer Şakar *
Saffet Sancaklı Saffet Sancaklı ( sr-Cyrl, Сафет Санџакли, Safet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli ...
*Tuncay (footballer), Tuncay *Burhan Sargın *Adem Sarı *Sabri Sarıoğlu *Yüksel Sariyar *Hasan Şaş *Halil Savran *Mehmet Scholl *Mehmet Sedef *Turgay Semercioğlu *Ziya Şengül *Semih Şentürk *Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl *Ömer Sepici *Turgay Şeren *Tayfun Seven *Tolga Seyhan *Suleyman Sleyman *Fatih Sonkaya *Yusuf Soysal *Zeki Rıza Sporel *Hakan Şükür *Elyasa Süme *Feridun Sungur *Ali Tandoğan *Kaya Tarakçı *Anıl Taşdemir *Fahri Tatan *Metin Tekin *Fatih Tekke *Ogün Temizkanoğlu *Fatih Terim *Mehmet Topal *Mehmet Topuz *İbrahim Toraman *Murat Tosun *Ramazan Tunç *Fevzi Tuncay *Onur Tuncer *Önder Turacı *Arda Turan *Cemil Turan *Suat Türker *Uğur Tütüneker


U–Z

*Feyyaz Uçar *Uğur Uçar *Hasan Üçüncü *Gökhan Ünal *Cengiz Ünder *Volkan Ünlü *Hakan Ünsal *Orkun Usak *Suat Usta *Engin Verel *Aytekin Viduşlu *Wederson *Lev Yalcin *Sergen Yalçın *Volkan Yaman *Erdinç Yavuz *Zafer Yelen *Sedat Yeşilkaya *Hakkı Yeten *Müjdat Yetkiner *Faruk Yiğit *Mehmet Yıldız *Yıldo *Aydın Yılmaz *Burak Yılmaz *Deniz Yilmaz *Mehmet Yılmaz (striker), Mehmet Yılmaz (striker) *Mehmet Yılmaz (defender), Mehmet Yılmaz (defender) *Okan Yılmaz *Özgür Yılmaz (footballer), Özgür Yılmaz *Hüseyin Yoğurtçu *Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş *Mehmet Yozgatlı *Can Emre Yücel *Selçuk Yula *Rahim Zafer *Gökhan Zan *Fevzi Zemzem *Kerim Zengin *Tolga Zengin


Gymnasts

*Ferhat Arıcan *İbrahim Çolak (gymnast) *Duygu Doğan *Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı *Ümit Şamiloğlu *Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı *Dilara Yurtdaş *Ahmet Önder


Martial artists


Judoka

*Salim Abanoz *Derya Cıbır *Bektaş Demirel *Sezer Huysuz *Belkıs Zehra Kaya *Gülşah Kocatürk *Cemal Oğuz *Hüseyin Özkan *Hülya Şenyurt *Selim Tataroğlu *Irfan Toker *Iraklı Uznadze *Özgür Yılmaz (judoka), Özgür Yılmaz


Karateka

*Haldun Alagaş *Ugur Aktas (karateka) *Yıldız Aras *Merve Coban *Gülderen Çelik *Ömer Kemaloğlu *Tuba Yakan *Serap Özçelik


Kickboxers

*Erhan Deniz *Murat Direkçi *Yeliz Fındık *Gülşah Kıyak *Asiye Özlem Şahin *Hülya Şahin *Gökhan Saki *Şahin Yakut


Mixed martial artists

*Gökhan Saki *Alptekin Özkiliç


Muay Thai practitioners

*Ayşegül Behlivan *Yeliz Fındık *Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer


Taekwondo practitioners

*Yeliz Fındık *Azize Tanrıkulu *Bahri Tanrıkulu *Nur Tatar *Servet Tazegül *Çetin Topçuoğlu *Hamide Bıkçın Tosun


Wrestlers

*Riza Kayaalp *Taha Akgül *Yaşar Doğu *Hergeleci Ibrahim *Şeref Eroğlu


Wushu practitioners

*Ayşegül Behlivan *Lehize Hilal Benli *Hüseyin Dündar *Yeliz Fındık *Nurhayat Hiçyakmazer *Gülşah Kıyak *Öznur Kızıl


Motorcycle racers

*Toprak Razgatlıoğlu *Bahattin Sofuoğlu *Kenan Sofuoğlu *Sinan Sofuoğlu


Mountain climbers

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Nasuh Mahruki Ali Nasuh Mahruki (born 21 May 1968) is a professional mountaineer, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. He climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits. Early life He wa ...
*Eylem Elif Maviş *Burçak Özoğlu Poçan *Serhan Poçan *Uğur Uluocak


Olympic competitors for Turkey

*Eşref Apak *Sedat Artuç *Süreyya Ayhan *Ahmet Ayık *Kelime Aydın *Selçuk Aydın *
Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
*Mithat Bayrak *Derya Büyükuncu *Mustafa Dağıstanlı *Bektaş Demirel *Mete Gazoz *Rıza Maksut İşman *Ebru Kavaklıoğlu *Halil Mutlu *Sebahattin Oglago *Ruhi Sarıalp *Naim Süleymanoğlu *Şule Şahbaz (weightlifter), Şule Şahbaz *Uğur Taner *Selim Tataroğlu *Nurcan Taylan *Hamide Bıkçın Tosun *Duygu Ulusoy *Iraklı Uznadze *Atagün Yalçınkaya


Swimmers

*Derya Büyükuncu *Emre Sakçı *Uğur Taner


Tennis players

*Çağla Büyükakçay *Marsel İlhan *Pemra Özgen *Melis Sezer *İpek Soylu *İpek Şenoğlu


Volleyball players

*Çağla Akın *Kübra Akman *Naz Aydemir Akyol *Hande Baladın *Emre Batur *Neslihan Demir *Alperay Demirciler *Eda Erdem *Gizem Güreşen *Ebrar Karakurt *Buse Kayacan *Resul Tekeli *Murat Yenipazar *Halil İbrahim Yücel *Özge Yurtdagülen *Güldeniz Önal *Gizem Örge *Özlem Özçelik *Neriman Özsoy


Weightlifters


Wrestlers

*Nasuh Akar *Mahmut Atalay *Celal Atik *
İsmet Atlı İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics ...
*Ahmet Ayık *
Kazım Ayvaz Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twic ...
*Mithat Bayrak *Ahmet Bilek *Gazanfer Bilge *Nuri Boytorun *Mehmet Çoban *Mustafa Dağıstanlı *Mahmut Demir *Yaşar Doğu *Yaşar Erkan *Şeref Eroğlu *Hasan Gemici *Hasan Güngör *Hamit Kaplan * Ahmet Kireççi *Tevfik Kış *Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan *İsmail Ogan *Mehmet Oktav *Mehmet Özal *Mehmet Akif Pirim *Müzahir Sille *Bayram Şit *Tayyar Yalaz *Hamza Yerlikaya


Sculptors

*Mehmet Aksoy (sculptor) *Tankut Öktem *Sevgi Çağal *Kamil Sonad *kenan Yontunç


Songwriters

*Barış Manço *
Cem Adrian Cem Filiz (born 30 November 1980), better known by his stage name Cem Adrian, is a Turkish musician of Bosniak descent, singer-songwriter and record producer. Early life His father was a merchant, while his mother was a housewife. Adrian was bor ...
*Sezen Aksu *
Mazhar Alanson Mahmut Mazhar Alanson (born February 13, 1950) is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ, and an actor. Early life He was born on February 13, 1950, to a family of musicians in Ankara, Turkey, where ...
*Aslı * Aydilge *Emre Aydın *Yavuz Bingöl *Kenan Doğulu *Feridun Düzağaç *Sertab Erener *
Şebnem Ferah Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
*Orhan Gencebay *Nil Karaibrahimgil *Kayahan *Kıraç (singer), Kıraç *Kâzım Koyuncu *Burak Kut *
Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
*Zeki Müren *Nazan Öncel *Serdar Ortaç *Bülent Ortaçgil *Tarkan (singer), Tarkan *Ferdi Tayfur *Özlem Tekin *Hande Yener *Levent Yüksel


Television personalities

*Okan Bayülgen * Hakan Celik *Arda Öcal * Deniz Orhun


Television presenters

*Ali İhsan Varol * Deniz Orhun *Mehmet Ali Birand *Okan Bayülgen *
Reha Muhtar Reha Muhtar (born 21 July 1959) is a Turkish anchorman, columnist and television reporter of Iraqi Turkmen descent. He was first seen on TV as TRT's reporter from Turkey, Istanbul. Later he started hosting a debate program at show tv "''Ateş ...
*Şebnem Dönmez *Uğur Dündar *Zeynep Tokuş


Others

* Bajkam, military commander * Sadun Boro, sailor and global circumnavigator * Ahmet the Calligrapher, saint * Hasan Çelebi, calligrapher * Araksi Çetinyan, Turkish beauty pageant winner *
Nejat Eczacıbaşı Mehmet Nejat Ferit Eczacıbaşı (; January 5, 1913 – October 6, 1993) was a Turkish chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a second-generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacıbaşı family. He was the founder of Ec ...
, pharmaceutical entrepreneur * Hadi Elazzi, talent manager * İlhan Erdost, publisher * Erden Eruç, completed first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth by rowboat, sea kayak, bicycle and foot * Kara Fatma, female hero * Ghias ad-Din, was a member of the Seljuq dynasty of Rum * Cem Karsan, volatility expert, hedge fund manager, social media personality * Levent Kazak, scriptwriter *
Nasuh Mahruki Ali Nasuh Mahruki (born 21 May 1968) is a professional mountaineer, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. He climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits. Early life He wa ...
, first Turkish summiter of Mt. Everest * Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer * Mehmet Baybaşin, drug trafficker * Mehmet Ali Arslan, Newspaper Writer publisher * Tatikios (c. 1048 - died after 1110), Byzantine general *
Neyzen Tevfik Tevfik Kolaylı (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953), better known by his pen name Neyzen Tevfik (often misrendered as "Neyzen Teyfik"), was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ''neyzen'' (a " ney performer" in Turkish). Tevfik was born in Bodru ...
, neyzen


See also

*List of Turkish Armenians *List of Turkish scientists *
List of assassinated people from Turkey The following is an incomplete, chronological list of people from Turkey murdered by assassins mainly on political and religious grounds. Many were critical public servants and intellectuals assassinated by far-right proponents of an army-control ...
*List of French Turks *List of governors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey *List of first ladies of Turkey *List of ministers of national defense of Turkey *List of ministers of national education of Turkey *List of Turkish billionaires by net worth *List of contemporary Turkish poets *
List of presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey #REDIRECT List of presidents of the Constitutional Court of Turkey {{R from other capitalisation ...
*Turkish women in sports


References

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