List Of People From Adana

	List Of People From Adana This is a list of people from Adana. Musine Kokalari Albanian writer and activist. Theophilus of Adana, Christian saint Ayşe Arman, columnist Aytaç Arman, actor İsmet Atlı, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist Kirkor Bezdikyan, mayor and deputy of Adana Hampartsoum Boyadjian, deputy of Adana Çağla Büyükakçay, Professional tennis player Selahattin Çolak, politician and mayor of Adana Demir Demirkan, musician and guitarist Aytaç Durak, politician and mayor of Adana Feridun Düzağaç, musician Haluk Levent, musician Ali Erdemir, scientist Timuçin Esen, actor Kasım Gülek, politician Tayyibe Gülek, economist and politician Salih Güney, actor Yılmaz Güney, film director, actor, scenarist, political activist Ayşe Hatun Önal, model and singer Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, basketball player Muzaffer İzgü, writer and educator Orhan Kemal, writer Yaşar Kemal, writer Eda Özerkan, actress Ali Özgentürk, film director Ali Sabancı, businessman (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, which was once one of the most important regions of the Classical antiquity, classical world. Home to six million people, Cilicia is an important agricultural area, owing to the large fertile plain of Çukurova. Twenty-first century Adana is a centre for regional trade, healthcare, and public and private services. Agriculture and logistics are important parts of the economy. Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is close to the city centre, and the town is connected to Tarsus and Mersin by TCDD Taşımacılık, TCDD train. Etymology One theory holds that the city name originates from a hypothetical Indo-European languages, Indo-European term; ''a danu'' ( en, on the river). Many river names in Europe were derived from the same Proto- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tayyibe Gülek Tayyibe Gülek (born 1968, Adana) is a Turkish economist and politician. Biography Gulek received her B.A. with honors in economics from Harvard University in 1991 and her M.Sc. degree in 1992 from the London School of Economics. She started her professional career as an advisor to the Chief Coordinator of Economic Policy at the Prime Ministry where she worked on projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, economics coordination, European Community coordination, and the Southeastern Anatolia Project. In 1999, she was elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (parliament) representing Adana for the Democratic Left Party. During her term in office, she was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where she was Vice Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, member of the Committee on Health and Family Affairs, and a member of the Committee on Equality between Men and Women. In 2002, she became Minister of State responsible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Özdemir Sabancı Özdemir Sabancı (May 15, 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 the high school at the Tarsus American College in Tarsus, province Mersin, he received his B.A. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK. Later, he obtained a master's degree in the same discipline in Switzerland. Returned to Turkey, he worked in the Sabancı Holding and soon founded and further developed the synthetic fibres producer Sasa, one of the biggest industrial companies of the group. Under his leadership, Sabancı Holding entered into the automotive sector. He established several joint-venture projects with major Japanese companies including production of Mitsubishi coaches and trucks, Komatsu construction equipment, loaders and forklifts. In 1990, he paved the way to produce Toyota cars in Turkey as a consequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ömer Sabancı Ömer Sabancı (born 1959) is a Turkish businessman and a member of the Turkey's second-wealthiest Sabancı family in third generation. He is the ex-chairman of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD). Due to the shares he still possesses at several companies under Sabancı Holding and the holding he founded, Densa Holding, his net worth is estimated to be $3 billion, which makes him one of the richest people in Turkey. Biography He was born 1959 in Adana as the first son of Hacı Sabancı (1935–1998), son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1906–1966), the founder of Turkey's second-largest industrial and financial conglomerate Sabancı Holding. After finishing the high school at Tarsus American College in Tarsus, province Mersin, he was educated in Economics at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, United States. Ömer Sabancı worked first in a number of family-owned companies in Europe. Upon returning to Turkey, he was promoted to the top man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Güler Sabancı Güler Sabancı (born 1955) is a Turkish businesswoman, a third-generation female member of the Sabancı family, and the chairperson of the family-controlled Sabancı Holding, the second-largest industrial and financial conglomerate in Turkey. As of 2020, she is listed as the 76th most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes'', which first recognized her in 1999. Education and early career Güler was born the daughter and first child of İhsan Sabancı and his wife Yüksel in 1955 in Adana, Turkey. After finishing high school at TED Ankara College in Ankara, she was educated in business administration at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. In 1978 she started her professional career at LasSA, a family-owned tire production company in Kocaeli Province. She was then appointed general manager of KordSA, a position she held for 14 years. Later, Güler Sabancı became a member of the board of directors at Sabancı Holding, heading the tires and reinforcement materials group, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ali Sabancı Ali İsmail Sabancı (May 5, 1969; Adana) is a Turkish businessperson and a third generation member of thSabancıFamily. He is the Chairperson of 'Esas Holding Education life Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International Finance from Columbia Business School and B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Tufts University. Career Ali Sabancı is the Chairperson of Esas Holding anPegasus Airlines vice chairperson of Mars Athletic and a board member oAyakkabı Dünyası which are part of the Esas Private Equity portfolio. He also serves on the board of Esas Properties. Ali is one of the co-founders oEsas Social which was established to facilitate sustainable social investment. He focuses on increasing awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. As the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Board in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), he has led successful projects including Angel Investing Legislation, Global Entrepreneurship Congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ali Özgentürk Ali Özgentürk (born 4 November 1947) is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born on 4 November 1947 in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an actor, director, and playwright. He founded Istanbul's first street theater troupe in 1968. He began working in the Turkish film industry in 1974 as a camera assistant, and eventually became an assistant and screenwriter for famous Kurdish film directors such as Atif Yilmaz and Yılmaz Güney.Ebiri, BilgeBlinking by the Bosphorus: Discoveries at the 24th International Istanbul Film Festival/ref> In 1977, Özgentürk wrote the screenplay for director Atıf Yılmaz's film ''Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım'' (''The Girl with the Red Scarf''), which would go on to become a major hit in Turkey. In 1979, Özgentürk directed his first feature, ''Hazal'', which he co-wrote with Onat Kutlar. The film won awards at the Mannheim Film Festival, Prades Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eda Özerkan Eda Özerkan (born March 11, 1984) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Pars: Operation Cherry'' (2007) and '' Girdap'' (2008), as well as the TV series '' Aşk-ı Memnu''. Filmography References External links * Eda Özerkanon SinemaTürk 1984 births People from Adana Living people Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses {{turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of ''Memed, My Hawk''. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the oppression of the Kurdish people. He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for ''Der Spiegel'' highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for another article he wrote criticising racism in Turkey, especially against the Kurds. Kemal was a major contributor to Turkish literature in the early years after Turkish fell into decline as a literary language after Atatürk's language reforms of the 1930s. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Orhan Kemal Orhan Kemal (15 September 1914 – 2 June 1970) is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Raşit Öğütçü. He is known for his realist novels that describe the life of the poor in Turkey. Biography Orhan Kemal was born in Ceyhan, Adana, on 15 September 1914. He was the son of Abdülkadir Kemali Bey, who was a Member of Parliament and Minister, and Azime Hanım, who was an intellectual secondary school graduate. Kemal's father was obliged to flee Turkey for Syria, due to his party being suspected of involvement in a recent revolt, where Kemal remained with him for a year before returning to Adana in 1932. Kemal worked as a labourer, a weaver and as a clerk in a cotton mill. While doing his military service in 1938 his political opinions led to his being sentenced to a 5-year term of imprisonment. The charges included "reading the works of Maxim Gorky and Nazim Hikmet" and "propagandising for foreign regimes and encouraging revolt". While in prison in Bursa he was the cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Muzaffer İzgü Muzaffer İzgü (; 29 October 1933 – 26 August 2017) was a Turkish writer and teacher. He was known for his children's books and works of humour, and had authored 154 books, 98 of which were for children. Life İzgü was born in Adana on 29 October 1933 to a poor family, and as a child he had to work as a waiter, dishwasher, and beverage vendor at the cinemas while furthering his education. His father, Ahmet İzgü, was born in Damascus and had come to Adana from Elazığ to find employment. He worked at the Adana Girls' High School as a steward, and Muzaffer İzgü has claimed that his father was the builder of the first gecekondu in Adana. His mother, Havva, was from Antakya. He completed his primary education in Adana: the first three years at the İnönü Primary School, the fourth year at the Gazipaşa Primary School, and after the destruction of the school in an earthquake, the fifth and final year in the İstiklal Primary School. He then completed the Tepebağ Middle Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Şaziye İvegin-Karslı Şaziye is a Turkish female given name. People named Şaziye include: * Şaziye Erdoğan (born 1992), Turkish female weightlifter * Şaziye İvegin, Turkish female basketball player Şaziye Moral Şaziye Moral (1903 – 9 April 1985) was a Turkish female stage and film actress and voice actress. She was the second Muslim stage actress in Turkey. Early years Şaziye Moral was born to ethnic Turkish parents in Kardzali, Bulgaria in 1903. H ... (1903–1985), Turkish stage, film and voice actress See also Şaziye, Düzce * Shazia {{DEFAULTSORT:Saziye Turkish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]