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Kuzgun Acar Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar (28 February 1928 – 4 February 1976) was an Afro-Turk sculptor well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turk ...

(1928-1976), sculptor * Haluk Akakçe (born 1970), contemporary artist * Onay Akbaş (born 1964), contemporary artist *

Ahmet Ziya Akbulut Ahmet Ziya Akbulut (27 June 1869, Constantinople - 17 April 1938, Istanbul) was a Turkish landscape and architectural painter. Biography He attended Kuleli Military High School, then went to the Turkish Military Academy and studied art with Osma ...

(1869–1938), painter *

Mehmet Aksoy (sculptor) Mehmet Aksoy (born 1939) is a Turkish sculptor. His sculptures often contain sensual figurative elements, but he is strongly rooted in a modernist sensibility with strong conceptual and abstract elements in his work. He works primarily in stone b ...

(born 1939), sculptor *

Halil Altındere Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist. His work includes video, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, as well as collaborative editorial and curatorial projects. The themes of his work ...

(born 1971), contemporary artist *

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin (1957 in İzmir – 2007) studied aesthetics, philosophy of art, and sociology in Ankara and Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city ...

(1957-2007), contemporary artist *

Avni Arbaş Avni Arbaş (1919 – October 16, 2003) was a Turkish painter of Circassian descent. Arbaş was born in Istanbul, in the Constantinople Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He is best known for his paintings of scenes from daily life in Turkey, the T ...

(1919–2003), painter * Burak Arıkan (born 1976), contemporary artist *

Hale Asaf Hale Asaf, originally Hale Saliha (1905, Istanbul - 31 May 1938, Paris) was a Turkish painter of Georgian, Abkhazan and Circassian ancestry. She was the niece of Turkey's first female artist, Mihri Müşfik Hanım. Unlike many Turkish artists of ...

(1905–1938), painter * Tomur Atagok (born 1939), painter and professor *

Ruzen Atakan Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) in Akincilar is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in C ...

(born 1966), Turkish-Cypriot painter

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İbrahim Balaban İbrahim Balaban (1 January 1921 – 9 June 2019) was a Turkish painter. Early years and private life He was born at Seçköy village of Osmangazi district in Bursa Province in 1921. His parents did not allow him to pursue further education after ...

(1921-2019), painter *

Bedri Baykam Bedri Baykam is a Turkish artist. Early life Baykam was born in Ankara, Turkey. Baykam's father, Dr. Suphi Baykam, is a deputy in the Turkish parliament, and his mother, Mutahhar Baykam, is an architectural engineer. Baykam studied at Sorbonne ...

(born 1957), painter *

Turgut Berkes Turgut Berkes (1953 – 20 August 2018) was a Turkish rock musician, painter, and writer. He was born in 1953 in İzmir, Turkey. He was educated at the TED Ankara College and then at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art. He worked as a radio pro ...

(1953-2018), rock musician, painter and writer * Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910), painter, archaeologist and curator

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Taner Ceylan Taner Ceylan (born 1967) is a German-born Turkish photo-realist artist. He lives and works in Istanbul. Biography Taner Ceylan studied painting in the Fine Arts Faculty at Mimar Sinan University between 1986 - 1991. He then worked for the Fine ...

(born 1967), contemporary artist *

Hüseyin Çağlayan Hussein Chalayan, (; tr, Hüseyin Çağlayan ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000) and was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching a ...

(born 1970), contemporary artist and fashion designer *

Sevgi Çağal Sevgi Çağal, born on February 17, 1957, in New York City, U.S. is a Turkish painter and sculptor. Sevgi was educated in French linguistics at the New York University from 1974 to 1978, from where she received a BA degree. In 1976, Çağal st ...

(born 1957), painter and sculptor *

Nevin Çokay Nevin Çokay (born 1930-July 24, 2012) was a Turkish painter and high school teacher of art and history of art. Life Çokay was born in Istanbul, and spent her childhood in different regions of Turkey. In 1947, she started to attend to the stud ...

(1930–2012), painter *

Adnan Çoker Adnan Coker (; 20 October 1927 – 22 August 2022) was a Turkish abstract artist.)(English mention states "Turkish artists such as abstract masters Devrim Erbil and Adnan Coker") Coker was born in Süleymaniye in Istanbul on 20 October 1927. H ...

(born 1927), painter * Nusret Çolpan (1952–2008), painter, architect and miniature artist * Antonio Cosentino (1970), painter, sculptor, contemporary artist * Gürkan Coşkun (born 1941), painter also known as Komet

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Şevket Dağ Şevket Dağ (1876, Istanbul - 1944, Istanbul) was a Turkish painter, art teacher and politician. Although he painted in a wide variety of genres, he is perhaps best remembered for his interior portraits of major historical structures. Biograph ...

(1876–1944), painter * Barış Dilaver (born 1975), ballet dancer, creator and filmmaker * Abidin Dino (1913–1993), painter *

Burhan Doğançay Burhan C. Doğançay (11 September 1929 – 16 January 2013) was a Turkish-American artist. Doğançay is best known for tracking walls in various cities across the world for half a century, integrating them in his artistic work. Biography ...

(1929–2013), painter, photographer and former soccer player *

Ipek Duben Ipek Duben (born 1941) is a contemporary visual artist based in Istanbul. She produces artist books, poetry, installations, video, painting and sculpture. Her work deals with identity issues, feminism, and migration with a strong emphasis on soc ...

(born 1941), contemporary visual artist

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(born 1940), painter * Ayşe Erkmen (born 1949), sculptor * Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1913–1975), painter and poet

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* Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014), painter, poet and composer

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* Leyla Gediz (born 1974), painter * Erkan Geniş (born 1943), artist *

Bahadır Gökay Bahadır Gökay (born 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish painter. He graduated from the Department of Graphics in the State School of Higher Education of Applied Fine Arts Istanbul (now known as Marmara University, Graphic Design) in 1982. He was yet a ...

(born 1955), painter and teacher * Genco Gulan (born 1969), contemporary artist *

Hatice Güleryüz Hatice Güleryüz (born February 18, 1968) is a contemporary Turkish artist. She has worked in video, film, photography, art books and drawing. Life and work Hatice Güleryüz was born in Denizli, Turkey. She has a bachelor's degree in fine art ...

(born 1968), contemporary artist *

Serkan Günes Serkan Günes (Serkan Güneş, born 16 March 1980, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Swedish–Turkish photographer best known for his landscape photographs of nature. Günes was born in Istanbul, Turkey and later emigrated to Sweden at the age of 20 ...

(born 1980), photographer *

Nazmi Ziya Güran Nazmi Ziya Güran (1881 – 11 September 1937) was a Turkish Impressionist painter and art teacher. Biography He was born in Istanbul. His father was a civil servant. He attended Vefa Lisesi, Turkey's first non-military high school,Mehmet Güreli Mehmet Güreli (born 1949 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, painter, director and musician. He graduated from Istanbul University, majoring in philosophy. He started working for the ''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the m ...

(born 1949), writer, painter, director and musician

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Haydar Hatemi Haydar Hatemi (born March 3, 1945 in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy af ...

(born 1945), painter and sculptor

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Hülya Vurnal İkizgül Hülya Vurnal İkizgül (born 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish women in fine arts, Turkish mosaicist, sculptor and ceramic artist. Following her graduation from the Faculty of Arts at the Marmara University in 1990, she made her maste ...

(born 1966), mosaicist, sculptor and ceramic artist * Erdal İnci (born 1983), new media artist *

Namık İsmail Namık İsmail (1890 in Samsun – August 30, 1935 in Istanbul) was a Turkish Impressionist painter and art educator, who received his training in France. Biography İsmail was born into an upper-class family that moved to Istanbul while he was s ...

(1866–1902), painter

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Müfide Kadri Müfide Kadri Hanım (1889/90, in Istanbul – 1912, in Istanbul) was a Turkish painter and composer; one of the first female artists in Turkey and the first professional female art teacher in the Ottoman Empire. She created mostly portraits and s ...

(1890–1912), painter * Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946), contemporary artist, filmmaker * Ömer Ali Kazma (born 1971), contemporary artist *

Nur Koçak Nur Koçak is a contemporary feminist Turkish artist who was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1941. She is most well known for her works that comment on women's objectification in consumerist societies. She lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey. Educa ...

(born 1941), contemporary artist *

Servet Koçyiğit Servet Kocyigit (born 1971) is a Turkish-Dutch visual artist based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Biography Kocyigit was born in 1971 in Kaman, Turkey. He studied art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam and currently lives and works between Ams ...

(born 1971), contemporary artist

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Abdulcelil Levni Levnî Abdülcelil Çelebi (1680s–1732) was an early 18th century Ottoman court painter under the Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III. He was a prominent Ottoman miniaturist during the Tulip Period, well-regarded for his traditional yet innovati ...

(1680–1732), Ottoman court painter and miniaturist *

Hüseyin Avni Lifij Hüseyin Avni Lifij (1886, Ladik - 2 June 1927, Istanbul) was a Turkish impressionist painter of Circassian origin. He is best known for landscapes with architectural features. Biography His family emigrated from Sochi to Ladik during the Grea ...

(1886–1927), painter

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Ali Miharbi Ali Miharbi (born 1976) is a Turkish kinetic and new media artist. Biography He graduated from Northwestern University in the US, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Art Theory & Practice in 2000. In 2010, he completed his MFA in ...

(born 1976), contemporary artist

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* Füsun Onur (born 1938), painter, sculptor *

Tankut Öktem Tankut Öktem (1941, Istanbul - 5 December 2007, İstanbul) was a Turkish sculptor well known especially for his monumental works. Early years He was born 1941 in Istanbul and his childhood was spent moving from one location in Turkey to another ...

(1940–2007), sculptor especially of monumental works *

Setenay Özbek Setenay Özbek (born 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born artist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Özbek is of Ubykh descent. Biography Özbek was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey and she attended Erenköy Girls High School. In 1990, ...

(born 1961), artist *

Emre Ozdemir Emre Özdemir (born 1981) was an editorial cartoonist and illustrator for '' Zaman'' and '' Today's Zaman''. Early life and career In 2005, Özdemir graduated from Balıkesir University. That year, he began to draw a comic strip in the sports m ...

(born 1981) cartoonist *

Serkan Özkaya Serkan Özkaya (1973) is a Turkish-American conceptual artist whose work deals with topics of appropriation and reproduction. He typically operates outside of traditional art spaces and often makes multiple versions of even his own work includin ...

(born 1973), contemporary artist

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Ahmet Öğüt Ahmet Öğüt (born 1981 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a conceptual artist living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Berlin, Germany. He works with a broad range of media including video, photography, installation, drawing and printed media. ...

(born 1981), contemporary artist

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* Ferik İbrahim Paşa (1815–1891), one of the first Western-style painters * Halil Paşa (1857–1939), impressionist painter * Hüseyin Zekai Paşa (1860–1919), painter *

Şeker Ahmet Paşa Şeker, meaning "sugar", is a masculine Turkish given name, which also appears as a surname. Given name * Şeker Ahmet Paşa, Turkish painter Surname * Alişan Şeker (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Busem Şeker (born 1998), Turkish-German wo ...

(1841–1907), painter of nature-related subjects *

Hayal Pozanti Hayal Pozanti (born 1983, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born artist, based in the United States. She is known for her large scale, brightly colored, seemingly abstract and geometric paintings, that represent statistical data related to human-co ...

(born 1983), artist

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Hoca Ali Riza Hoca is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word Khawaja (Persian: خواجه ''khwāja, khâjeh''), used as a title, given name or surname. As a title, Hoca (variant ''Hodja'') means “master” and is commonly used for teachers, professors ...

(1858–1939), painter

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* Ibrahim Safi (1898–1983), impressionist painter *

Deniz Sağdıç Deniz Sağdıç (born 1982 in Mersin, Turkey) is a Turkish artist. She began her art education at Mersin University's Faculty of Fine Arts in 1999. She was included in various projects even as a student. She graduated with a first from the same ...

(born 1982), painter *

Gizem Saka Gizem Saka (born 9 April 1978, Istanbul) is a contemporary Turkish artist and an economist. She is a senior lecturer at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, teaching art marke ...

(born 1978), painter *

Sencer Sari David Judson Sencer (November 10, 1924 – May 2, 2011) was an American public health official who orchestrated the 1976 immunization program against swine flu. Between 1966 and 1977, he was the longest serving director of the Centers for Disea ...

(born 1982), ceramics and glass artist *

Fikret Mualla Saygı Fikret Muallâ Saygı (July 20, 1903 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – July 20, 1967, in Reillanne, France) was a 20th-century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subje ...

(1904–1967), avant-garde painter *

Muhittin Sebati Muhittin Sebati (1901, Amasya - 1932, Istanbul) was a Turkish Post-impressionist painter and sculptor. Biography He was orphaned at an early age. After a brief period in the public schools, he entered the Darüşşafaka Association school

(1901–1932), painter and sculptor * Erinç Seymen (1980), painter *

Süleyman Seyyid Süleyman Seyyid Bey (1842, Istanbul - 1913, Istanbul) was a painter and art teacher from the Ottoman Empire. He is primarily known for his still-lifes. He taught art in military schools for 36 years and is considered to be a member of the first g ...

(1842–1913), painter * Kamil Sonad (born 1914), plaster sculptor, especially of female nudes *

Sevil Soyer Sevil Soyer (born 1950) is a Turkish interdisciplinary artist. Soyer has had solo exhibitions and group exhibitions along with several installations in Turkey and the United States. Early life She was born in Turkey and graduated in 1979 from ...

(born 1950), contemporary painter and installation artist *

(born 1961), painter and writer

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Hakan Topal Hakan Topal is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He was the co-founder with Guven Incirlioglu of xurban collective (2000–12), and is known for his research-based conceptual art practice. He is an Associate Professor of New Medi ...

(born 1972), contemporary artist *

Sali Turan Sali Turan (born 1949, Trabzon) is a Turkish painter. He lives in Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , ...

(born 1949), modern painter *

Canan Tolon Canan Tolon (born 1955) is a Turkish-born artist who now lives and works in Emeryville, California. Tolon works in the mediums of printmaking, painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation. She has exhibited internationally in Ankara, Istanbul, ...

(born 1955), contemporary painter

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Nil Yalter Nil Yalter (born 1938) is a Turkish contemporary feminist artist. She attended Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey and currently lives and works in Paris. Her work, which is included in many collections and museums, includes not only drawings and ...

(born 1938), contemporary artist * Pınar Yolaçan (born 1981), photographer * Metin Yurdanur (born 1951), sculptor

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Sarkis Zabunyan Sarkis Zabunyan ( hy, Սարգիս Զաբունյան), known as Sarkis, ( hy, Սարգիս; born September 26, 1938) is a French conceptual artist. Biography Born in Istanbul in 1938, Sarkis studied French, painting and interior design bef ...

(born 1938), contemporary artist known as "Sarkis" *

Fahrelnissa Zeid Fahrelnissa Zeid (, ''Fakhr un-nisa'' or ''Fahr-El-Nissa''; 7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns as well as her drawings, lithographs, and sculptu ...

(1901–1991), painter, collage and glass artist

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