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List Of People From Sivas
This is a list of notable people from Sivas, Turkey. (''in alphabetical order'') *Pir Sultan Abdal - Alevi poet *Nebahat Albayrak - Dutch politician and former state secretary in the Netherlands government *Hatice Aslan - actress *Ahmet Ayık - world and Olympic champion wrestler *Selda Bagcan - musician *Mustafa Balel - short story writer and novelist * Hilmi Bilgin - politician representing Sivas *Saint Blaise - Armenian saint, bishop of Sebaste *Mustafa Çağrıcı - Islamic theologian *Harutyun Kalents - Armenian artist *Erdal Keser - footballer *Refik Koraltan - politician, speaker of the Grand National Assembly * Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil - poet * Mekhitar of Sebastia - founder of the Mekhitarist Order of Armenian Catholic monks * Nursuna Memecan - politician representing Sivas *Murad of Sebastia - Armenian fedayee leader * Malik Ecder Özdemir - politician representing Sivas * Tülin Şahin - model and presenter * Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu - poet of the Turkish folk li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a moderately-sized trade centre and industrial city, although the economy has traditionally been based on agriculture. Rail repair shops and a thriving manufacturing industry of rugs, bricks, cement, and cotton and woolen textiles form the mainstays of the city's economy. The surrounding region is a cereal-producing area with large deposits of iron ore which are worked at Divriği. Sivas is also a communications hub for the north–south and east–west trade routes to Iraq and Iran, respectively. With the development of railways, the city gained new economic importance as junction of important rail lines linking the cities of Ankara, Kayseri, Samsun, and Erzurum. The city is linked by air to Istanbul. The popular name Sebastian derives f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil
Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil (1927 – 26 February 1984) was a leading Turkish socialist realist poet. He was born in Gürün, Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri .... After completing his studies, he became a teacher. However he was banned from his occupation due to political reasons, which would not leave him alone for a lifetime. His first poem was published in 1959. His poetry became famous with its notable goodwill, wisdom and social stance and touched on themes varying from social and political problems to pain and hope within life. Works *Kavel (1963) *Temmuz Bildirisi (1965) *Kızılırmak (1966) *Kızılkuğu (1971) *Ağlasun Ayşafağı (1972) *Oğlak (1972) *Acıyı Bal Eyledik (1973). *Kelepçemin Karasında Bir Ak Güvercin (1974) *Koçero Vata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurettin Sözen
Nurettin Sözen (born 1937 in Gürün) is a Turkish doctor, politician and the former mayor of Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul University and then became a professor in 1978. He was elected as the mayor of Istanbul on March 28, 1989 while he was a member of SHP. He stayed in the office until March 27, 1994. He didn't take any active political missions until he was elected as the deputy of Sivas, his homeland, in 2002. Sözen is a member of Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party .... He is married and has a child. References * Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine ''Biography of Nurettin Sözen'' 1937 births Deputies of Sivas Istanbul High School alumni Istanbul University faculty Istanbul University Fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikail Nersès Sétian
Mikail Nersès Sétian (November 18, 1918 - September 9, 2002) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the first exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America and Canada of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1981 to 1993. Biography Born in Sivas, Turkey, Sétian was ordained a priest on April 13, 1941. Prior to becoming a bishop, he served as the rector of the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome. Pope John Paul II named Sétian as the Titular Bishop of ''Ancyra degli Armeni'' and the Apostolic Exarch of the United States of America and Canada on July 3, 1981. He was ordained a bishop by Patriarch Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian, C.A.M. of the Armenian Catholic Church on December 5, 1981 in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The principal co-consecrators were Eparchs Paul Coussa, Auxiliary Bishop of Anitoch, and André Bedoglouyan, Auxiliary Bishop of Cilicia. He was installed on December 27, 1981. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdüllatif Şener
Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a Turkish politician. He was Minister of Finance of Turkey from 1996 to 1997 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007, under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Life and career Şener was born in Gürün, Sivas Province in Turkey. He graduated from the School of Political Sciences at Ankara University. He earned his PhD degree from Gazi University in Ankara. He lectured on finance at Gazi University and Hacettepe University, before he served as a controller in the Department of Revenues within the Ministry of Finance. Şener entered politics and was elected in 1991 as deputy of Sivas Province from the Islamist Welfare Party (Turkish: Refah Partisi, abbreviated RP). He was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 1997. Following the ban of the Welfare Party in 1998, he became a member of the newly established Virtue Party (Turkish: Fazilet Partisi, abbreviated FP), which was also banned after three years in 2001. He was co-founder of the Justice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emel Sayın
Emel Sayın (born 20 November 1945) is a Turkish singer and actress. Life She was born in Şarkışla district of Sivas Province on 20 November 1945, to an Albanian father who immigrated from Skopje, and a mother from Mardin. Her parents moved frequently and she had to attend primary and secondary schools in various cities such as Kayseri, Konya and Edirne. Finally she graduated from Teachers College of Çapa in Istanbul. However by then, she had already chosen a career in music. Emel Sayın married three times. Her first marriage was to İsmet Kasapoğlu in 1966. The couple divorced in 1975, but remarried a year later. Their marriage ended in 1979. From June 1979 to September 1981, she was married to Selçuk Aslan. Her third and final husband was David Younnes, whom she married in 1986 and divorced in 1999. Music career After serving three years in Istanbul Municipal Conservatory she got on the stage in 1962 in Ankara while she was only 17. Next year she became a singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkom Saraydarian
Torkom Saraydarian (1917–1997) was an Armenian author, poet, and musician. He was born in Sevas, Turkey to Armenian parents. He was trained iThe Ageless Wisdom Teachingsunder the guidance of his father, Monasteries, Arcane School. He visited monasteries, temples and mystery schools seeking answers to his questions about the mystery of man and the universe. He was musically trained and played the violin, piano, oud, cello and guitar. He composed hundreds of musical pieces.T.S.G. Foundation archives His works represent a synthesis of sacred culture of the world by creating a truly universal approach to spirituality. His written legacy spans over 170 books (half of which have been published), hundreds of musical pieces and lectures. Early life At age nine, Torkom began to receive education in the Ageless Wisdom under his father's guidance. At that time, people attended meetings — in caves or under the stars — to hold ceremonies and dramatizations to reveal the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu
Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator * Âşık İbretî (1920–1976), Turkish ashik, poet and folk singer * Aşık Khanlar (1950–1998), Azerbaijani ashik * Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan (1902–1981), Turkish minstrel * Aşık Mahzuni Şerif (1939—2002), Turkish folk musician * Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu (1894–1973), Turkish minstrel and poet * Aşik Sümmani (1861–1915), Turkish ashik Surname * Ašik-paša Zade (1400–1484), Ottoman historian * Emre Aşık (born 1973), Turkish footballer * Eyüp Aşık (born 1953), Turkish politician * Ömer Aşık (born 1986), Turkish basketball player * Ömer Aşık (archer) (born 1991), Turkish Paralympian archer See also * Asik (other) Asik may refer to: * Aşik, a singer who accompanied his song with a lute in Azerbaijani and related Turkic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tülin Şahin
Tülin Şahin (born 13 December 1979) is a Danish-Turkish top model, television presenter, author, and actress. Life and career Şahin was born in Odense, Denmark, and spent her childhood there. She was discovered in a shopping mall and went to do professional modeling career in Paris in 1998. She came to Turkey, the birthplace of her parents to work for Zeki Triko. Şahin was dubbed as 'Sivaslı Cindy' or 'Cindy from Sivas' because of her close resemblance to Cindy Crawford (she has also her same mole) and Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ... being her hometown. She had also done charity and philanthropic work with her former husband Mehmet Özer. She later established the website tuliss.com for women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Ecder Özdemir
Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic during the Late Bronze Age (e.g. Aramaic, Canaanite, Hebrew). Although the early forms of the name were to be found among the pre-Arab and pre-Islamic Semites of the Levant, Canaan, and Mesopotamia, it has since been adopted in various other, mainly but not exclusively Islamized or Arabized non-Semitic Asian languages for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere. It is also sometimes used in derived meanings. The female version of Malik is Malikah ( ar, ملكة; or its various spellings such as Malekeh or Melike), meaning "queen". The name Malik was originally found among various pre-Arab and non-Muslim Semitic peoples such as the indigenous ethnic Assyrians of Iraq, Amorites, Jews, Arameans, Mandeans, Syriacs, and pre-Islami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murad Of Sebastia
Murad of Sebastia ( hy, Սեբաստացի Մուրատ, ''Sebastatsi Murad''; Murad of Sebastia; Murad Khrimian; Murad Hagopian; 1874 — 4 August 1918) was a well-known Armenian fedayee during the Armenian national liberation movement in the Ottoman Empire. He was born in the Armenian village of Govdun (Կովտուն), about 20 km east of the town of Sivas (from where he got his nickname, ''Sebastatsi'') to a poor rural family that had recently moved to the village. After working as a shepherd and farm labourer during his childhood, he moved as a teenager to Constantinople, where he worked for meagre earnings as a carrier. He joined the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party and in the 1890s participated in Armenian demonstrations protesting against the second-class treatment of Armenians within the Ottoman Empire. After assassinating an Armenian informer he escaped to Greece and then to Egypt. He then became a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, joined fedayee ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
