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Famous Characters From Turkey
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| Person | Year | Description | Languages |
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| Atatürk | 1881-1938 | Founder of the modern Turkey | |
| Alaaddin Keykubat & Huand Hatun |
?-1237 | ||
| Alparslan Romanos Diogenes |
Byzantine Emperor, member of the cappadocian military aristocracy |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |   |
| 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) |
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| 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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