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Famous Characters From Turkey

Person Year Description Languages
Atatürk 1881-1938 Founder of the modern Turkey
Alaaddin Keykubat &
Huand Hatun
?-1237
Alparslan
Romanos Diogenes


Byzantine Emperor, member of the cappadocian military aristocracy
Antemios of Tralles &
Isidoros of Miletos
6th century AD Famous architects of St.Sophie of Istanbul
Âşık Veysel 1894-1973 Famous blind folk saz player
Aziz Nesin 1915-1995 Turkish satirist, atheist, militant secularist novelist and short-story writer
Celalettin Karatay ?-1254
Cem Sultan 1459-1495
Constantine &
Helena
Çelik Gülersoy
Damat Ibrahim Paşa 1660-1730 The founder of Tulip Age in Ottoman Empire
Deiotaros 1st Century B.C. King of the Galatians
Ekrem Akurgal 1911- The most famous Turkish archeologist
Empress Zoe
Evliya Çelebi 17th century AD Famous traveller
Fatih Sultan Mehmet 1432-1481 Famous humanist Sultan
Hacı Bektaş 14th century AD
Hasan Rıza 1857-1912 Painter
Herodotos 484-420 B.C.
Hippodamos of Miletos 5th century B.C.
Homeros 9th century B.C.
The great King Hattushili III
and Great Queen Puduhepa
13th century B.C. Famous Hittite Imperial Couple
Julianus the Apostate 4th century AD Famous Roman Emperor
Justinianos &
Theodora
483-565 AD
502-548 AD
Famous Imperial Couple of the Byzantine Empire
King Maussollos &
Queen Artemisia
Köroğlu 16th Century
Kroisos 6th Century B.C. King of the Lydians
Levnî 18th century AD A Master of Ottoman Miniature
Lukianos of Samosata Satirist writer
Matrakci Nasuh 16th century AD The famous painter of Süleyman Magnificent Period
Mevlana 1204-1273 The founder of Mevlevi Sofism, mystic poet
Midas 8th century B.C. The most famous Phrygian King
Mimar Sinan 1489-1588 The most famous Ottoman architect
Mithradates 120-63 B.C. King of Pontus
Nasrettin Hodja 13th century The most famous folk philosopher
Nazım Hikmet 1902-1963 The most famous poet of Turkish literature it es
Nikephoros Phocas & Theophano
Osman Hamdi Bey 1842-1910 The founder of Turkish Museums
Plancia Magna 2nd century AD Famous stateswoman of Roman period
Pir Sultan Abdal 16th century A legendary Sofi folk poet
Piri Reis 1465-1554 The first Turkish marine cartographer
Ruhi Su 20th century The most famous Turkish folk singer
St. John 120-180 AD
St. Nicolas
(St. Claus of Myra)
280-345
St. Paul from Tarsus
Strabo 63 BC - 21 AD Ancient world's geographer
Süleyman the Magnificent 1495-1566 Most famous 0ttoman Imperial Family
   Hürrem Sultan
   (wife)
? - 1558
   Mihrimah Sultan
   (daughter)
   Rustem Pasa
   (Mihrimah's
   Husband)
1500-1561
Şeker Ahmet Paşa 1841-1907 Famous Ottoman Painter
Theodoros Metochites 14th century Byzantine prime minister - made the famous mosaics of Kariye Museum
Yaşar Kemal 1923 - Preeminent man of letters and perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Yıldırım Beyazıt &
Tamerlan
1360-1403
Yunus Emre 15th century Famous humanist folk poet
Zülfü Livaneli A modern Turkish folk singer and composer
 
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