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Gülten Kazgan
Economist, author. She was born in June 05, 1927 in Istanbul. Her full name is Fatma Gülten Kazgan. After completing her
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Fevzi Çakmak
Officer, statesman and politician. (B. 12 January 1876, Istanbul – D. 10 April 1950, Istanbul). His real name is Mustafa Fevzi and he is als
Fedon
Singing artist. Born in Istanbul on August 19, 1946. His full name is Fedon Kalyoncu. His father is Rum and his mother is Armenian. His gran
Cem Hakko
Businessman. The CEO of Vakko Holding and Power Group. His father is the businessman Vitali Hakko. He was born in Istanbul in 1955. After he
Latife Hanım
Wife of Mustafa Kemal (B. 17 June 1898, Izmir – 12 July 1975, Istanbul). She is known and mentioned as Latife Uşşaki, Uşakizade Latife or La
Orhan Bey
Orhan I was the second ruler of the Ottoman Empire (B. 1281 or 1288 Söğüt – D. April 1362, Bursa). Among other Ottoman Sultans, Orhan Ghazi
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Türkan Şoray
Movie actress. She was born on June 25th, 1945, in Fatih / Istanbul. Her father Halit Şoray was a civil servant at State Railways and her mo
Lale Oraloğlu
Movie and theatre actress (B. 28th September 1924, Izmir –D. 15th January 2007, Istanbul). She was the mother of actress Alev Oraloğlu. She
Ahmet Caferoğlu
Linguist (b. 17 April 1899, Gence, Azerbaijan – d. 6 January 1975, İstanbul). He also used the pen names A. Uran, A. Caferoğlu, Dr. Cafer Ah
Yulduz Rajabova
She is an Uzbek film and television actor. Born 1987, Uzbekistan. He is a graduate of Tashkent State Art Institute. He made his film debut i
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
She is one of the wives of Ottoman Sultan Yavuz Sultan Selim, mother of Kanunî Sultan Süleyman and first Sultana (B. 1479 – D.19 March 1534,
Selin Işık
Player, sportsman, volleyball player. Born November 26, 1987 in Izmir. He is 1.69 tall, 53 kg. A graduate of the Department of radio and tel
Berk Ali Çatal
Theater, cinema and TV series actor. He was born in 1995 in Istanbul. He graduated from Yeditepe University Fine Arts Faculty Theater Depart
Gülriz Sururi
Stage actress and director (b. 1929, İstanbul - d. 31 December 2018, Istanbul). Her mother was the first Turkish prima donna (operetta artis
Nurbanu Sultan
The benevolent haseki (sultan’s favourite woman) of Ottoman Sultan Selim II (B. 1525, Paros – D. December 6th, 1587, Istanbul). Her real nam
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Salavat Yulayev
Commander and poet, national hero of the Bashkort Turks (B. 1754, Tekeyevo Village, Bashkortostan-d. 1800, Rogervik Castle, Estonia). He was
Itrî (Buhurizade Mustafa)
Musician, composer, poet (B. 1630?, Istanbul – D. 1712). His real name was Mustafa, he is also known as Buhurîzade Mustafa Efendi. He used t
Ayhan Işık
Actor, poet (B. May 5th, 1929, Konak / Izmir – D. June 16th, 1979, Istanbul, Turkey). His real name was Ayhan Işıyan and he was the youngest
Nuri İyem
Painter (B. 1915, Istanbul – D. June 18th, 2005, Istanbul). His childhood passed by travelling in many cities of Anatolia due to his father’
Nilüfer Hatun
Benefactor. The wife of the Ottoman Sultan Orhan I, the mother of Murad Hüdavendigâr (XII-XIV century). She was of Greek origin, and her rea
Birûnî (Ebu Reyhan)
BİRÛNÎ (Ebu’l Reyhan) Scholar of astronomy, mathematics, medicine and history, poet (B. September 973, Harzem – D. 13 December 1048, Gazne).
Onat Kutlar
Poet and writer (b. 15 August 1936, Gaziantep – d. 11 January 1995, İstanbul). He graduated from Gaziantep High School (1954) but he didn’t
Hürrem Sultan
Haseki Sultan (B. 1506, Rutenya / Lehistan – D. 1558, Istanbul). Her real name was Alexandra Lisowska (La Rossa); she was recognized as Roxe
Metin Erksan
Cinema director and scenarist (B. 1 January 1929, Çanakkale – D. 4 August 2012, Istanbul). He completed his primary and secondary education
Mehmet Emin Eminoğlu
Theologian, translator (B. 1932, Damascus – D. 2011, Konya). His real name is Mehmet Emin, but only Mehmet in the identity card. His wife, E
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Murat Onbul
Film and television director, producer, actor. 1975, Eskisehir born. He spent most of his childhood years in Eskisehir. He developed himself
Filiz Akın
Movie actress. She was born in Ankara in 1943. She graduated from TED Ankara College. She studied in Ankara University, Faculty of Language,
Münir Nurettin Selçuk
Composer, performer (B. 1899, Istanbul – D. April 27th , 1981, Istanbul). He was the son of Nurettin Avni Bey, who was a French teacher at I
Sultan Murad IV
Seventeenth of Ottoman Sultans, a poet. (B. July 9th or 27th, 1612, Istanbul- D. February 8th, 1640). He was the son of Ahmed I and Mahpeyke
Otto Ernst Remer
Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Director, screenwriter, writer, translator. Real name: Mehmet Adatepe Öztekin. Born January 1, 1975 in Antalya. During his university years
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Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı
Historian of literature (b. 12 January 1900, İstanbul, d. 25 August 1982,İstanbul). His real name was Mustafa İzzet Baki. He was renowned wi
Cahit Külebi
Poet (b. 1917, Çeltek village / Zile / Tokat - d. 20 June 1997, İstanbul). He attended Niksar Gazi Ahmed Danişmend Primary School (1929), Si
Nevzat Erkmen
Writer of children's literature and translator (b. 1931, İzmir - d. 16 April 2020, Istanbul). He completed his master studies on pedagogy at
Erol Toy
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Osman Akyol
Osman Akyol, was born in Adana on 31st October 1972. He finished Çandırlar Village Primary School (1983), Yemişli Village Boarding Quran Sch
Samed Behrengi
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Yusuf Çotuksöken
Linguist. He was born on April 20, 1947 in Eskişehir. He is the husband of Philosopher Prof. Dr. Betül Çotuksöken. He also used the pseudony
Ali Ekrem Bolayır
Poet and writer (b. 1867, İstanbul - d. 27 August 1937). He was the son of Namık Kemal. He sometimes used A. Nadir and İlhâm as pen names in
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Mustafa Necati Sepetçioğlu
Writer (b. 1932, Zile / Tokat – d. 8 Temmuz 2006, İstanbul). After he attended primary and junior high school in Zile (1947), he graduated f
Carullah Zemahşerî
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Hüseyin Emin Öztürk
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Doğan Kaya
Researcher of literature and folklore (b. May 1952, Acıyurt village / Sivas). He used pen name as “Mahcubi”. He attended Sivas Dört Eylül Pr
Behiç Duygulu
Short-story writer (b. 1933, Ödemiş / İzmir – d. 2 April 1985). He attended Ödemiş Secondary School (1950) and graduated from Aydın High Sch
Ümit Zeynep Kayabaş
Poet and writer. She was born in Samsun/Turkey. She spent her childhood in a small town due to her father’s duties as a regional manager of
Firdevs Tunçay
Literary scholar, investigative writer. She was born in 1946 in Ödemiş (a small town near to Izmir). Her family is of Rumelian descent. Her
Melih Yılmaz
Writer, researcher, and educationist from Turkey. Born in Malatya. He got his Bachelor degree from Atatürk University, the Department of Tur