POLITICAL FIGURES

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (born in 1881, Salonica, Ottoman Empire; died on Nov. 10, 1938 in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey) was the Republic of Turkey’s founding...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born February 26, 1954 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish politician serving as the current President of Turkey. He previously served...

Necmettin Erbakan

Professor Necmettin Erbakan (born on October 29, 1926, Sinop, Turkey; died on February 27, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey), a prominent actor in Turkish political history,...

Turgut Özal

Turgut Özal (born on October 13, 1927, Malatya, Turkey; died on April 17, 1993, Ankara, Turkey) was Turkey’s eighth president from 1989 to 1993....

Süleyman Demirel

Süleyman Demirel (b. Nov. 1, 1924, İslamköy, Isparta, Turkey; d. June 17, 2015, Ankara) was Turkey’s ninth president from 1993 to 2000. Representing the...

Tansu Çiller

Tansu Çiller (b. May 24, 1946, Istanbul, Turkey) was Turkey’s first female prime minister who gained wide recognition for the accomplishment. Her political career...

Adnan Menderes

Adnan Menderes (born in 1899, in Aydın, Turkey; died in 1961, in İmralı Island, Bursa, Turkey) was a politician who served as Turkey’s prime...

Fahrettin Altun

Professor Fahrettin Altun (born on September 11, 1976 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a Turkish bureaucrat, author, researcher, and political commentator. Altun has been a prominent...

Hasan Doğan

Dr. Hasan Doğan (born on September 5, 1977 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish bureaucrat, politician, and the current Chief of Cabinet of Turkish...

Hakan Fidan

Dr. Hakan Fidan, (born in 1968 in Ankara, Turkey) is the current President of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT). Having worked as a Turkish...

Markar Esayan

Markar Esayan (b. Feb. 4, 1969, Istanbul, Turkey; d. Oct. 16, 2020, Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish intellectual, columnist, politician, novelist and writer. He is...