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This is a list of notable Turkish people, 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 where Turkish minorities have been established. They include people of Turkish descent born in other countries whose roots are in those countries.
İsmet İnönü – (1884–1973), second President of Turkey; Irenaeus (2nd–3rd century) – theologian, bishop of Lugdunum; Sir Alec Issigonis – (1906–1988), Greek-British car designer whose most famous work is the Mini; Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962) – Greek composer; Selâhattin Kantar – Turkish archaeologist who pioneered Smyrna ...
The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been twelve heads of state since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence. For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
Billionaires in Turkey according to Forbes 2023 [3] Turkey Rank World Rank Name Net worth Source(s) of wealth 1 497 Ibrahim Erdemoğlu: $5.3 billion SASA Polyester: 2 534: Murat Ülker: $5 billion Yıldız Holding: 3 580: Ali Erdemoğlu: $4.7 billion SASA Polyester: 4 982: Semahat Sevim Arsel: $3 billion Koç Holding: 5 1,027: İpek Kıraç: $2 ...
This is a list of Turkish musicians, musicians born in Turkey or who have Turkish citizenship or residency. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
Republican People's Party: İnönü I: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923–1938) — 6 March 1924: 22 November 1924 İnönü II: 2 Fethi Okyar (1880–1943) — 22 November 1924: 6 March 1925 104 days Republican People's Party: Okyar (1) İsmet İnönü (1886–1973) — 6 March 1925: 1 November 1927 12 years, 240 days Republican People's Party
In the face of knowledge, science, and of the whole extent of radiant civilization, I cannot accept the presence in Turkey's civilized community of people primitive enough to seek material and spiritual benefits in the guidance of sheiks. The Turkish republic cannot be a country of sheiks, dervishes, and disciples.