This is a list of notable people from

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey.

Musicians and music bands

Mazhar Alanson Mahmut Mazhar Alanson (born February 13, 1950) is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ, and an actor. Early life He was born on February 13, 1950, to a family of musicians in Ankara, Turkey, where ...

Funda Arar Funda Arar (; born 8 April 1975) is a Turkish singer. Funda Arar spent her early childhood in Ankara, where she was born, and later in Muğla and Adapazarı. She studied at Istanbul Technical University's music conservatory, specialicizing in th ...

İdil Biret İdil Biret (born 21 November 1941) is a Turkish concert pianist. Education Biret began her lessons at the age of five with , who had studied under Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot. When she was seven, the Turkish parliament enacted a special ...

* Çilekeş *

Hande Dalkılıç Hande Dalkılıç (born March 22, 1974, Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish concert pianist. Biography She started her piano lessons with Prof. Güherdal Karamanoğlu Çakırsoy. She enrolled in the Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Ar ...

Ayşedeniz Gökçin Ayşedeniz Gökçin (born January 4, 1988; anglicised as "AyseDeniz Gokcin") is a Turkish classical pianist and composer. After graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree from Eastman School of Music, Gökçin completed a master's degree at th ...

Nil Karaibrahimgil Ferhan Nil Karaibrahimgil (born 17 October 1976) is a Turkish singer and songwriter, mostly noted for her distinct lyrics. Nil's passion and admiration for music stems from her father, Suavi Karaibrahimgil, who is also a musician although he is ...

maNga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

* Peter Murphy *

Erkan Oğur Erkan Oğur (pronounced ) (born April 17, 1954) is a Turkish musician. A pioneer of fretless guitars, he invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976.Martinelli, op. cit.Unfretted, op. cit. A composer, he has influenced many musicians wit ...

Zerrin Özer Zerrin Özer (born 4 November 1957) is a Turkish pop singer. She has been called Turkey's Janis Joplin by several fans. She has many famous hits such as "Gönül" (Heart), "Son Mektup" (The Last Letter), "Dayanamıyorum" (I Can't Stand It), "Dü ...

Yağmur Sarıgül Yağmur Sarıgül (; born 26 August 1979) is a Turkish songwriter and the electric guitarist of the rock band '' maNga''. He writes both lyrics and music. Yağmur "Yamyam" Sarıgül was born in Antalya, Turkey on 26 August 1979 but grew up and d ...

Fazıl Say Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. Life and career Fazıl Say was born in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say was a pharmacist. His grandfather Fa ...

Joe Strummer John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British singer, musician and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, ...

Özlem Tekin Özlem Tekin (born November 18, 1971) is a Turkish singer and occasional actress, primarily known for her music. Though she started out in the hard rock genre, her music has progressed to incorporate different styles such as house, punk, pop ...

Others

Boran Kuzum Boran Kuzum (born 1 October 1992) is a Turkish actor. He graduated from the Theater Department of Istanbul University State Conservatory in 2015. Kuzum had studied economy at Ankara Gazi University for a year, but gave it up to study. His fathe ...

, actor *

Filiz Akın Filiz Akın (born Suna Akın, 2 January 1943) is a Turkish actress, writer and TV presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın gained a huge fan base in Turkey.Ekrem Bora Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor. Biography After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participate ...

, actor *

Emin Çölaşan Emin Çölaşan (born 14 March 1942) is a Turkish investigative journalist, whose daily column appeared in the mass-circulation newspaper, Istanbul-based ''Hürriyet'', for 22 years, from 1985 to 2007. Since 2007, he continues his column in ''S� ...

, journalist *

Burak Dakak Burak Dakak (born 8 June 1998) is a Turkish actor. Biography Burak Dakak was born on 8 June 1998 in Ankara. He started his acting career at the age of 10. In 2008, he started playing the role of Servet in ''Doğruluk Ekseni''. In 2009, he appea ...

, actor *

Yasemin Dalkılıç Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 2 May 1979) is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous records in different categories of free diving. Though still in the middle of her career, she is already considered to be one of the all-time greats in the s ...

, free diver *

Vedat Dalokay Vedat Dalokay (10 November 1927 – 21 March 1991) was a renowned Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara. Early life and education He was born in Elazığ in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek. He completed his elementary and seconda ...

, architect *

Ordal Demokan Ordal Demokan (January 13, 1946 – October 29, 2004) was a Turkish physicist. Biography Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Demokan graduated from TED Ankara Koleji in 1962, and received his BSc and MSc degrees on Electrical Engineering in 1966 and 196 ...

, physicist *

Cansu Dere Cansu Dere (born 14 October 1980, Ankara) is a Turkish actress, model and former Miss Turkey. Biography Her mother is originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, while her father is originally from the Bulgaria. She completed her primary and seconda ...

, actress *

Can Dündar Can Dündar (, born 16 June 1961) is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. Editor-in-chief of center-left ''Cumhuriyet'' newspaper until August 2016, he was arrested in November 2015 after his newspaper published footage showing the ...

, journalist *

Burak Sergen Burak Sergen (born 9 February 1961) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1996. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * 1961 births Living people Turkish male film actors ...

, actor *

Melih Gokcek Melih is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born 1968), Turkish-American entrepreneur * Melih Mahmutoğlu, Turkish basketball player *Melih Cevdet Anday (1915–2002), Turkish poet and writer * Melih Esenbe ...

, mayor *

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

, politician and physicist *

Orhan Karaveli Orhan Karaveli (25 February 1930 – 24 March 2023) was a Turkish journalist and writer. Personal life Orhan Karaveli's family was a member of the Karaevli Turkmen tribe. Their surname reflects their tribe name with a transposition of two lette ...

, journalist and writer *

Vehbi Koç Ahmet Vehbi Koç (20 July 1901 – 25 February 1996) was a Turkish entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Koç Holding, Koç Group, one of Turkey’s largest groups of companies. During his lifetime he came to be one of Turkey's wea ...

, pioneer industrialist *

Kartal Tibet Kartal Tibet (27 March 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Turkish actor and film director. Some of his famous films include ''Ölmeyen Aşk'', ''Dağlar Kızı'', ''Senede Bir Gün'', ''Sultan'', ''Zübük'', ''Gol Kralı'', and '' Şalvar Davası''. T ...

, actor * Tunc Ucyildiz, surfer

Musicians and music bands

Others

See also