Notable people

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)

Turkish economist and publicist (born 1957)

Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)

Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)

Greek shipping magnate

Turkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

6th President of Turkey

Last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)

Turkish assassin

first Turkish female combat pilot (1913–2001)

Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)

tallest living human

Turkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967)

Turkish association football referee (born 1976)

Turkish cult leader

Turkish basketball player (born 1979)

Christian ascetic saint

Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960)

Armenian businessman, art collector and philanthropist (1869-1955)

German oncologist, developer Covid vaccine