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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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Kerem Bursin

Kerem Bursin was born on June 4th, 1987, in Istanbul, Turkey. Bursin spent his childhood on the move and was raised internationally living i

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

Ajda Pekkan

Singer and actress. She was born on February 12th 1946 in Istanbul. Her full name is Ayşe Ajda Pekkan. His father Rıdvan Pekkan was a naval

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

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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Sultan Alâeddin Keykubat I

Sultan of Anatolian Seljuk Empire (Seljuk-i Rumi) (B. 1190 – D. May 31st, 1237, Kayseri). There were three sultans of Anatolian Seljuks name

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

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

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

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

Halil Halid Bey

One of the Ottoman's last period intellectuals (B. 1869, Ankara - D. ?) His father was Çerkes Şeyhizade Ahmet Refi Efendi, her mother was Ha

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

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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

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

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’

Salavat Yulayev

Commander and poet, national hero of the Bashkort Turks (B. 1754, Tekeyevo Village, Bashkortostan-d. 1800, Rogervik Castle, Estonia). He was

Birûnî (Ebu Reyhan)

BİRÛNÎ (Ebu’l Reyhan) Scholar of astronomy, mathematics, medicine and history, poet (B. September 973, Harzem – D. 13 December 1048, Gazne).

Gülriz Sururi

Stage actress and director (b. 1929, İstanbul - d. 31 December 2018, Istanbul). Her mother was the first Turkish prima donna (operetta artis

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

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

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

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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

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Metin Erksan

Cinema director and scenarist (B. 1 January 1929, Çanakkale – D. 4 August 2012, Istanbul). He completed his primary and secondary education

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